Table 1 - Seismic Survey Activity by State, 2008

State	Operator	Contractor	Basin	Survey Name	Type	Titles	Line km	Sq km	Status
Offshore
Vic	Bass	CGG Veritas	Gippsland	2008 Vic/P41 2D	2D	VIC/P41	250		Completed
Vic	Eagle Bay	CGG Veritas	Gippsland	VIC-P-65 2D	2D	VIC/P65	150		Completed
Vic	Woodside	PGS Australia	Gippsland	Schomberg 3D	3D	VIC/P43		320	Completed
Tas	3D Oil	CGG Veritas	Bass	TDOB08	2D	T/41P	2 200		Completed
Tas	Bass	CGG Veritas	Bass	Targa 2D	2D	T/42P, T/43P	1 100		Completed
Tas	Cue	CGG Veritas	Bass	Cue Bass 08 2D	2D	T/37P, T/38P	3 000		Completed
Tas	Origin	PGS Exploration	Bass	Silvereye 3D	3D	T/44P		305	Completed
Tas	Santos	PGS Geophysical	Sorell	Brandt 3D	3D	T/35P		410	Completed
Tas	Santos	CGG Veritas	Sorell	SOSN08C King Island 2D	2D	T/48P	782		Completed
Tas	Santos	PGS Australia	Sorell	Strahan 3D	3D	T/36P		252	Completed
Tas	Tap	CGG Veritas	Bass	Molson 2D	2D	T/47P	511		Completed
SA	Exoil	CGG Veritas	Otway	Trocopa 2D	2D	EPP 34	1 146		Completed
WA	Apache	Fugro Geoteam	Browse	Canis 2008 3D	3D	WA-341-P, WA-342-P		375	Completed
WA	Apache	Geokinetics	Carnarvon	Venture 4C OBC 3D	3D	WA-356-P		43	Completed
WA	Apache	Geokinetics	Carnarvon	Stag OBC 3D	3D	WA-15-L, WA-202-P		55	Completed
WA	BHP Billiton	WesternGeco	Carnarvon	Aragon MC 3D	3D	WA-351-P		2 928	Completed
WA	BHP Billiton	WesternGeco	Carnarvon	Stybarrow Baseline 4D	3D	WA-32-L, WA-36-R		60	Completed
WA	Chevron	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Lion 2D	2D	WA-383-P,	1 475		Completed
WA	CNOOC	PGS Australia	Bonaparte	Tiger 3D	3D	WA-406-P		1 255	Completed
WA	ConocoPhillips	Fugro-Geoteam	Browse	Endurance 3D	3D	WA-398-P		1 798	Completed
WA	Esso	Gardline	Browse	B08A Bernier 2D	2D	WA-318-P	1 845		Completed
WA	Gardline	Gardline	Carnarvon	Exmouth West 2D	2D	4SL/07-8	4 184		Completed
WA	Geoscience	CGG Veritas	Perth	SW Margins	2D	None	3 481		Continuing
WA	Hawkestone Oil	Gardline	Browse	Braveheart Infill 2D	2D	WA-332-P, WA-333-P	602		Completed
WA	Hess	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Glencoe 3D	3D	WA-390-P		3 053	Completed
WA	MEO	PGS Australia	Carnarvon	MEO Northwest Shelf 2D	2D	WA-359-P	200		Completed
WA	Octanex	Geokinetics	Carnarvon	Winchester 3D OBD	3D	WA-323-P, WA-336-P, WA-330-P		195	Completed
WA	Oilex	Wavefield Inseis	Carnarvon	Rose 3D	3D	WA-388-P, WA-389-P		1 499	Completed
WA	OMV	Gardline	Carnarvon	Klimt 2D	2D	WA-362-P, WA-363-P, WA-386-P, WA-387-P	7 407		Completed
WA	Gardline	Gardline	Carnarvon	Deep Water Northwest Shelf MC2D	2D	SPA 3SL/97-8, SPA 5SL/06-7	9 109		Completed
WA	Reliance	CGG Veritas	Bonaparte	RIL 2D	2D	WA-405-P	750		Completed
WA	Roc Oil	PGS Australia	Perth	Diana 3D	3D	WA-286-P		543	Completed
WA	Santos	Geokinetics	Carnarvon	CVSN08 2D OBC	2D	WA-264-P	88		Completed
WA	Shell	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Guacamole 2D	2D	WA-384-P, WA-385-P, WA-394-P	3 576		Continuing
WA	Total	CGG Veritas	Browse	Gicea 3D	3D	WA-408-P		2 086	Completed
WA	Total	CGG Veritas	Bonaparte	Malita West 3D	3D	WA-402-P, WA-403-P		2 926	Completed
WA	WesternGeco	WesternGeco	Carnarvon	Keystone MC3D	3D	SPA 2SL/07-8		5 329	Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Armagnac 2D	2D	WA-347-P, WA-348-P, WA-353-P	6 399		Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Browse	Calliance 3D	3D	WA-25-R, WA-28-R, WA-29-R, WA-31-R, WA-32-R, WA-397-P		756	Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Colombard 3D	3D	WA-404-P		3 173	Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Enfield M3 4D	3D	WA-155-P, WA-255-P, WA-28-L		46	Completed
WA	Woodside	WesternGeco	Carnarvon	Enfield M4 4D	3D	WA-28-L		121	Completed
WA	Woodside	Geokinetics	Browse	Gigas 2D OBC	2D	WA-30-R	80		Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Browse	Omar 3D	3D	WA-397-P, WA-396-P		1 659	Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Tidepole 3D	3D	WA-5-L		141	Completed
WA	Woodside	CGG Veritas	Carnarvon	Vincent 4D	3D	WA-28-L, WA-155-P		105	Completed
NT	MEO	PGS Australia	Bonaparte	Blackwood 3D	3D	NT/P68		384	Completed
NT	Samson	CGG Veritas	Arafura	Arafura Samson 2D	2D	NT/P74, NT/P75	3 600		Completed
AC	Apache	Fugro Geoteam	Browse	Canis 2008 NT 3D	3D	AC/P37		820	Completed
JPDA	Oilex	Wavefield Inseis	Bonaparte	Maura 3D	3D	JPDA 06-103		2 080	Completed
Onshore
Qld	Arrow	Terrex Seismic	Surat	Boyne River 2D	2D	ATP679P	43		Completed
Qld	Arrow	Terrex Seismic	Bowen	Cockenzie South 2D	2D	ATP759P	96		Completed
Qld	Arrow	Terrex Seismic	Bowen	Coxendean 2D	2D	ATP759P	71		Completed
Qld	Arrow	Terrex Seismic	Bowen	West Walker Creek 2D	2D	ATP759P	31		Completed
Qld	Blue Energy	Terrex Seismic	Drummond	Aramac 2D	2D	ATP813P	64		Completed
Qld	Blue Energy	Terrex Seismic	Bowen	Injune 2D (Blue Energy)	2D	ATP854P	35		Completed
Qld	Blue Energy	Terrex Seismic	Surat	Moranbah 2D (Blue Energy)	2D	ATP614P	45		Completed
Qld	Enterprise	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Planet Downs 2D 2008	2D	ATP539P	50		Completed
Qld	Molopo	Terrex Seismic	Surat	Maura 2D (Molopo)	2D	ATP564P	30		Completed
Qld	Qgas	Terrex Seismic	Surat	PL201 QGC 2D	2D	PL201	172		Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Bowen 3D	3D	ATP259P		45	Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Chi Paspa 2D	2D	ATP543P	136		Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Echuburra Wallawanny 3D	3D	ATP259P		291	Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Genoa 3D	3D	ATP752P, ATP259P, PL68		340	Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Omicrom 2D	2D	ATP543P	132		Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Orient 2D	2D	ATP543P	111		Completed
Qld	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Eromanga	Patroclus 3D	3D	ATP259P, PL75		116	Completed
NSW	Eastern Star	Velseis	Gunnedah	Dewhurst 2D	2D	PEL 238,	180		Completed
NSW	Metgasco	Terrex Seismic	Clarence/Moreton	CM Metgasco 2D	2D	Unknown	128		Completed
NSW	NSW DMR	Terrex Seismic	Clarence/Moreton	Clarence Moreton 2008 2D	2D	Unknown	108		Completed
NSW	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Gunnedah	Gwider 2D	2D	PEL1, PEL12, PEL450, PEL456, PEL452	270		Completed
NSW	Sydney Gas	Velseis	Sydney	PEL4 Sydney Gas 2D	2D	PEL4, PEL267	80		Continuing
Vic	Lakes	Terrex Seismic	Gippsland	wombat 3D	3D	PRL2		29	Completed
SA	Adelaide Energy	Terrex Seismic	Otway	Jacaranda Ridge 3D	3D	PEL 255		48	Completed
SA	Adelaide Energy	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Wakefield 2D	2D	PEL 105, PEL 218	312		Completed
SA	Beach	Terrex Seismic	Copper	Modiolus 3D	3D	PEL 91, PEL 92		333	Completed
SA	Beach	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Padollus 2D	2D	PEL 91, PEL 92	120		Completed
SA	Essential	Terrex Seismic	Otway	Digby/Dartmoor 2D	2D	PEL 151	106		Completed
SA	Geoscience	Terrex Seismic	Gawler	Gawler Arrowie Cumomona 2D	2D	Unknown	296		Completed
SA	Geoscience	Terrex Seismic	Officer	Gawler Officer Musgrove Amadeus 2D	2D	Unknown	634		Completed
SA	Officer Basin Energy	Terrex Seismic	Officer	Gawlwe	2D	PEL 81, PEL 253	746		Completed
SA	Rawson	Terrex Seismic	Otway	Burrungule 3D	3D	PEL 154		36	Completed
SA	Rawson	Terrex Seismic	Otway	Nangwarry 3D	3D	PEL 155		34	Completed
SA	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Callabonna 3D	3D	PEL 104, PPL 176		37	Completed
SA	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Caroowinnie 3D	3D	PEL 115		94	Completed
SA	Santos	Terrex Seismic	Cooper	Charo 3D	3D	PPL 177, PEL 111		47	Completed
SA	SAPEX	Terrex Seismic	Arckaringa	Boorthana 2D	2D	PEL 117, PEL 121, PEL 122, PEL 123	466		Completed
WA	Empire	Terrex Seismic	Perth	Gingin West 2008 3D	3D	EP 389		26	Completed
WA	Empire	Terrex Seismic	Perth	Mullering 3D	3D	EP 432		54	Completed
WA	Empire	Terrex Seismic	Perth	Wellesley 2D	2D	EP 416	42		Completed
WA	Westralian Gas	Terrex Seismic	Perth	Warner Glen 2D	2D	EP 446	11		Completed
NT	Central Petroleum	Terrex Seismic	Pedirka	Guinevere/Viviene 2D	2D	EP93	165		Completed
NT	Central Petroleum	Terrex Seismic	Amadeus	Johnstone Hill 2D	2D	EP115	223		Completed
NT	Central Petroleum	Terrex Seismic	Pedirka	Madigan 2D	2D	EP97	138		Completed
NT	Central Petroleum	Terrex Seismic	Amadeus	Magee 2D	2D	EP82	184		Completed
NT	Central Petroleum	Terrex Seismic	Amadeus	Stone Plains 2D	2D	EP112	297		Completed

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Table 1 - Seismic Survey Activity by State, 2008