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Beetaloo Carpentaria Pilot 1440 x 960 Bulls N' Bears 13 Apr 2026

Beetaloo locks in $66.3M to fast-track to first NT gas

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Beetaloo Energy has bagged $66.3 million in fresh capital in a strongly supported placement and secured a $45M infrastructure facility, locking in a fully funded runway to first pilot gas from its Carpentaria project in Q4 2026. The raise will also fund flow testing, the infrastructure build-out and further exploration, appraisal and development across its expansive Beetaloo Basin acreage.

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Beetaloo in sweet spot as majors swoop on NT shale gas play

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Beetaloo Energy is emerging as a standout in the Northern Territory Beetaloo Basin after global major INPEX farmed into nearby acreage and competitors refined their positions. With 100 per cent ownership, strong flow results and key approvals secured, the company offers a rare unencumbered entry point as corporate interest builds ahead of potential first gas in 2026.

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Beetaloo NT flow rates deliver basin-leading gas performance

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Beetaloo Energy has delivered another confidence-boosting result from its flagship Beetaloo Basin gas play, with the company's Carpentaria-5H well clocking up one of the strongest flow performances ever seen in the basin. While still in clean-up mode, the well has already posted standout gas rates, reinforcing the company's strategy of prioritising long-term productivity as it prepares for pilot gas sales in 2026.

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Beetaloo gives green light to first gas at mammoth NT play

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Beetaloo Energy has cleared the last hurdle to development at its Carpentaria pilot project in the Northern Territory, taking a final investment decision on its mammoth Beetaloo Sub-basin. The move caps off a string of regulatory wins for the company, which is on a fast track to deliver gas into a hungry NT gas market facing acute supply shortages.

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From flare to flow as Beetaloo wins final NT gas approval

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Beetaloo Energy has landed the final watershed approval in the Northern Territory, clearing the decks to sell appraisal gas from its Carpentaria 5-H well and kick off pilot production. In a first-of-its-kind decision on Aboriginal Freehold land, gas will soon flow directly into the local market, sharpening the company's pathway to early revenues and commercial sales.

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Beetaloo clears key hurdle for 2026 NT test-gas sales

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Beetaloo Energy has ticked off a major regulatory milestone after the Federal Minister signed off on Traditional Owner consent to sell appraisal gas from its permit in the Northern Territory. The approval opens the gate for a final State Government sign-off that would allow the company to extend appraisal drilling and gas sales for several years, feeding the local market and paving the way for full-scale development.

Beetaloo Energy's Carpentaria-5H well flaring gas Bulls N' Bears 08 Sep 2025

Beetaloo observes significant gas during NT well clean-up

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Beetaloo Energy has observed significant gas flowing while running clean up at its Carpentaria-5H well in preparation for an upcoming IP30 flow test, after recently undertaking successful stimulation of the well. The company is nearing the pointy end of identifying just how productive its Carpentaria-5H horizontal well may be, as it zeroes in on the Northern Territory's extensive Beetaloo Basin to prove up a massive gas resource.

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Beetaloo Energy high-stakes flow test to unlock first NT shale gas

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Beetaloo Energy Australia has entered the back half of 2025 with a strong cash position, traditional owner approval and a record-breaking hydraulic stimulation at its flagship Carpentaria-5H well. The milestones pave the way for a pivotal flow test as the company targets first shale gas from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin – a move that could reshape Australia's energy future.

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Beetaloo hits major milestone with NT well gas stimulation

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Beetaloo Energy Australia has completed a historic 67-stage hydraulic stimulation campaign executed by global oilfield services giant Halliburton at its Carpentaria-5H well in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo sub-basin. The campaign was wrapped up in 20 days and covered an extraordinary 2955-metre lateral section, marking what could be a turning point in Australia's quest for reliable and scalable gas supply to the eastern seaboard.

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Beetaloo gets NT gas sale thumbs up from Traditional Owners

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Beetaloo Energy has secured crucial consent from Traditional Owners to sell appraisal gas from its Carpentaria gas project in the Northern Territory. The decision followed an on-country meeting organised by the Northern Land Council and paves the way for further development. The company says the agreement has highlighted its commitment to Indigenous partnerships and enables local communities to share in the region's growing economic opportunities.

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Empire/Beetaloo stimulates gas extraction at massive NT project

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Empire Energy Group – under its new name Beetaloo Energy Australia - has kick-started hydraulic stimulation activities at the company's 3.3km-long Carpentaria-5H horizontal well in the Northern Territory's massive Beetaloo Basin. The company plans to run more than 60 stimulation stages along the longest horizontal well in the Beetaloo sub-basin and expects the program to take four weeks.

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Empire bolsters Beetaloo NT gas ambitions with $28M raise

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Empire Energy has secured a hefty $28M war chest to propel its trailblazing Carpentaria gas pilot project in the N.T's colossal Beetaloo Basin, as it manoeuvres to become Australia's next big onshore gas player. The capital injection will turbocharge the hydraulic stimulation and flow testing of Empire's Carpentaria-5H well, the longest horizontal well in the Beetaloo Sub-basin at a whopping 3310m.

EMPIRE_PROCESSING PLANT_BULLSNBEARWA Bulls N' Bears 26 Mar 2025

Spotlight on Empire as first NT gas production looms

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Empire Energy is closing in on becoming the first gas producer in NT's massive Beetaloo Basin from its Carpentaria project, in what is shaping up to be a high-stakes moment for Australia's energy future. Hydraulic stimulation of its 3.3km horizontal C-5H well is expected to kick off in May. A successful production flow is likely to open the flood gates for many more players to enter the fray.

Empire Energy’s Carpentaria project is well advanced, with the recent completion of the company’s longest horizontal well drilled at the project to date showing strong gas flows. Bulls N' Bears 30 Dec 2024

Empire hits strong gas flow in big new well in Gulf of Carpentaria

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Empire Energy has attained a milestone at its Beetaloo operations in northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria, completing a new 3310m C-5H horizontal well into the target Velkerri-B shale and obtaining a strong gas flow. The well was successfully completed with 5 1/2” casing to a total depth of 5310m in 41 days, from initial spudding-in to release of the Ensign rig from the permit three days ago.

Empire gets environmental thumbs up to drill NT gas wells Bulls N' Bears 15 Nov 2024

Empire gets environmental thumbs up to drill NT gas wells

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Empire Energy Group is a step closer to launching a nine-hole drill program at its Carpentaria pilot project in the Northern Territory, having secured key environmental approvals and a production licence for up to 12 wells. The Ensign #965 rig is onsite and ready to start drilling the Carpentaria-5H well imminently, with Halliburton contracted for hydraulic fracture stimulation.

Empire signs up drillers for NT gas well spud date Bulls N' Bears 10 Sep 2024

Empire signs up drillers for NT gas well spud date

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Empire Energy Group has locked in contractors to start drilling its Carpentaria-5H well next month, with an aim of supplying 25 terajoules a day for 10 years under a new agreement with the NT Government. The company has confirmed it has signed deals with Ensign Australia for drilling services and Halliburton Australia for fracture stimulation at the pilot project that sits 650km south-east of Darwin.

Empire strikes with first Beetaloo gas sales agreement Bulls N' Bears 26 Jul 2024

Empire strikes with first Beetaloo gas sales agreement

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Empire Energy Group has taken a significant step towards becoming the first gas producer from the Beetaloo Basin after inking a 10-year supply agreement with the Northern Territory Government for 25 terajoules of gas per day. The deal takes the company closer to a final investment decision on its Carpentaria pilot project and would see it supply a total 75 petajoules over a decade.

US heavyweights pile into $46.8m Empire cash raise Bulls N' Bears 17 Apr 2024

US heavyweights pile into $46.8m Empire cash raise

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Empire Energy Group says it has received binding commitments to raise a hulking $46.8 million from new and existing institutional shareholders, including two United States-based oil and gas heavyweights. The company will be extremely well-funded after the raise and will use its new “cash stash” to drill a 3km-long development well at its Carpentaria pilot project in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Sub-basin.

Empire cashes out of US assets to focus on Beetaloo gas production Bulls N' Bears 12 Apr 2024

Empire cashes out of US assets to focus on Beetaloo gas production

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Empire Energy will pay down its US debt to Macquarie and put a bit over A$3m in the tin to chase gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo basin after offloading its US oil and gas assets for about A$14 million. The company is poised to take on the Australian east coast gas supply dilemma with its Beetaloo ground modelled to generate a project net present value for phase two of $2.5 billion and $14.5 billion for phase three.

Empire leading the charge in Beetaloo gas revolution Bulls N' Bears 02 Apr 2024

Empire leading the charge in Beetaloo gas revolution

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The Northern Territory's onshore Beetaloo basin is thought to be harbouring almost biblical-scale gas deposits and ASX-listed Empire Energy is in the vanguard of those seeking to prove its commercial viability. The company is now teeteringly close to pushing the button on an investment decision to start flowing gas commercially out of the basin – a move that could revolutionise the Australian gas industry.

Gas plant grab fuels Empire pilot project in NT Bulls N' Bears 04 Dec 2023

Gas plant grab fuels Empire pilot project in NT

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Empire Energy has ramped up its Carpentaria gas pilot project in the Northern Territory by acquiring AGL's fit-for-purpose, 42-terajoule per day Rosalind Park gas plant for $2.5 million in cash. The company says the facility exceeds the standards set by its technical due diligence process and estimates the acquisition will shave a year off its pilot plant timeline and save it more than $30 million.

Cashed-up Empire edges closer to gas pilot plant investment Bulls N' Bears 24 Oct 2023

Cashed-up Empire edges closer to gas pilot plant investment

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A research and development tax offset of $15.6 million – and a healthy bank balance now at $29.3 million – will underpin Empire Energy Group's bid to take its Carpentaria pilot project to a final investment decision. The company says its Beetaloo Basin project has the potential to service the Top End and east coast of Australia with more than 500 terajoules of power per day.

Empire lights up with increased gas flow rates Bulls N' Bears 05 Sep 2023

Empire lights up with increased gas flow rates

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Empire Energy Group has lit up with increased gas flow rates from its fracture-stimulated Velkerri shale gas horizontal well, known as “Carpentaria-3H”, in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. The company says it has reaffirmed its optimised extended production test strategy. The results replicate post-soaking improvements seen in its other horizontal well, Carpentaria-2H, auguring well for the planned gas pilot project to service existing gas pipelines.

Empire deal to underpin gas transport solutions in NT Bulls N' Bears 08 Aug 2023

Empire deal to underpin gas transport solutions in NT

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Empire Energy Group has revealed a new deal with infrastructure specialists APA Group to progress gas transport solutions for its Carpentaria gas project in the Northern Territory. The company says it is now planning two stages of development for the project, which has the potential to service the Top End and east coast of Australia with more than 500 terajoules of power per day.

Empire Energy reopens throttle on Aussie gas behemoth Bulls N' Bears 04 Aug 2023

Empire Energy reopens throttle on Aussie gas behemoth

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Empire Energy is predicting an increase in gas flow from its Carpentaria-3H well following a five-month post-fracture stimulation shut-in and soak at its permit within the Top End's giant Beetaloo Basin. The company's planned pause was designed to allow its reservoir shales to release more gas. The same technique proved successful in a sister well that targeted the same formation within the EP187 permit.

Gas crisis paves accelerated path to production Bulls N' Bears 13 Jun 2023

Gas crisis paves accelerated path to production

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An impending and material cut to the Northern Territory gas supply is exacerbating the looming East Coast gas crisis. Production at Eni's Blacktip gas field, offshore in northern Australia, has fallen faster than expected and has raised fears about energy security both within the NT and further afield. But the Beetaloo Basin could emerge as a major source of new supply.

Empire declares “nationally-significant” gas resource Bulls N' Bears 29 May 2023

Empire declares “nationally-significant” gas resource

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Empire Energy Group says it has a “nationally significant resource” on its hands after an independent review of its EP187 site boosted its estimated 2C contingent resource by 270 per cent to 1739 petajoules (PJ). It says the analysis increases its conservative 1C contingent resource by 217 per cent to 304 PJ and the best-case 3C contingent resource by 129 per cent to 3507 PJ.

Strong gas flow helps Empire Energy line up suitors Bulls N' Bears 24 May 2023

Strong gas flow helps Empire Energy line up suitors

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Budding Australian gas producer Empire Energy Group has wound up the latest round of flow-testing at its Carpentaria-2H gas well in the Northern Territory, pulling up a total of 323 terajoules over 127 days. As Empire gears up to commence testing at its Carpentaria-3H well, its impressive flow rates are eliciting the attention of a growing list of potential suitors for the in-demand energy source.

Green light game-changer for Empire at Beetaloo Bulls N' Bears 04 May 2023

Green light game-changer for Empire at Beetaloo

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Empire Energy Group has been given the green light to seek production approvals for its gas projects in the Beetaloo sub-basin – a game-changing moment for the area's development of the vast resource. The company says finalisation of the NT Government's new industry regulations sets the scene for gas production approval in the region, including for its EP187 Carpentaria pilot project.

Empire pumps up production at NT gas play Bulls N' Bears 28 Apr 2023

Empire pumps up production at NT gas play

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Australian oil and gas company Empire Energy Group has turned the tap back on at its Carpentaria-2H gas well in the Northern Territory's world-renowned Beetaloo sub-basin as it sets its sites on a pilot production plant. The well clocked a March quarter production rate of 2.81 million standard cubic feet per day over a 30-day period, up 17 per cent from previous tests.

Empire beefs up gas flow in Beetaloo basin Bulls N' Bears 29 Mar 2023

Empire beefs up gas flow in Beetaloo basin

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Empire Energy says it has boosted production ambitions by lifting its average 30-day gas flow rate by more than 17 per cent in initial tests held at the NT's Beetaloo Basin. It says a new rate of 2.81 million standard cubic feet (mmscf) per day at its first horizontal well represents a normalised flow rate of more than 3mmscf a day per 1000m of horizontal section.

Gas flows for Empire in Northern Territory Bulls N' Bears 06 Mar 2023

Gas flows for Empire in Northern Territory

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Sydney-based oil and gas company Empire Energy Group is one step closer to production. The company has recently put its Carpentaria-3H well through its paces by testing flow pressure and now are sealing the off the well to increase those numbers and recovery over the life of the well. Empire has the largest acreage holding in the giant Beetaloo Basin gas province in Australia's top end.

Empire powers ahead with NT gas play Bulls N' Bears 31 Jan 2023

Empire powers ahead with NT gas play

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Sydney-based Australian oil and gas company Empire Energy Group has hailed its December quarter as the most active in its history. The workstream was headlined by Empire's drilling completion of the Carpentaria-3H gas well in the Northern Territory's world-renowned Beetaloo sub-basin and included a record breaking 2632m horizontal section that was realised on time and significantly under budget.

Empire scores fracking success in NT gas well Bulls N' Bears 12 Jan 2023

Empire scores fracking success in NT gas well

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Empire Energy has wrapped up a successful round of hydraulic stimulation at its Carpentaria-3H gas well in the Northern Territory's revered Beetaloo sub-basin. According to the company the program's total outlay of $17.3 million is roughly $3.6 million under its initial projections and is delivering results across each of the 40 planned stages of a 1989m section of the horizontal well bore.

Empire NT gas play eludes government price cap Bulls N' Bears 12 Dec 2022

Empire NT gas play eludes government price cap

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Amidst new legislation aiming at curbing surging energy prices on the east coast, Empire Energy's Beetaloo sub-basin gas assets in the Northern Territory have been made exempt from a temporary domestic price cap of $12 a gigajoule. The 12-month ceiling targets producers with new domestic wholesale gas contracts, however the directive only applies to in-operation gas fields – leaving Empire's undeveloped holdings unaffected.

Empire chases NT gas amidst east coast shortfall Bulls N' Bears 08 Dec 2022

Empire chases NT gas amidst east coast shortfall

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Amidst an alarming shortfall in domestic gas supplies, Empire Energy is powering ahead with its Beetaloo Sub-basin appraisal program in the NT – a campaign it says is the most active in the zone's history. The work follows a recent report by the ACCC indicating Australia's east coast will endure a gas shortage in 2023 and the regulator is now concerned the commodity's already high price could jump even higher.

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