There are five operators in the Great Australian Bight and seven active exploration blocks in a frontier area that has not seen an exploration well since 2008.
Norway’s Equinor holds blocks EPP39 and EPP40, US independent Murphy Oil has Block EPP43, Australian independent Santos has Block WA-517-P, Australia's Karoon Gas has EPP46 and privately owned Bight Petroleum holds EPP41 and EPP42.
