Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
Jadestone Energy owns and operates the Montara and Stag oil projects off the coast of WA and has a stake in the North West Shelf oil fields. The London-listed and Singapore-headquartered company also has interests throughout South East Asia. LON: JSE
The London-listed company may not have fully disclosed to the regulator the full extent of damage to its field off the Pilbara coast.
NOPSEMA has ordered Jadestone to urgently address corrosion on its aged Montara Venture oil vessel in the Timor Sea, which "may pose significant safety and environmental risks."
Jadestone Energy is now two wells down at its Montara field in the Timor Sea where 75% of its production comes from but says it has the cash to work on both Montara and Stag in 2021.
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