
Santos Sets Bedout Drilling for April 2027 as Dorado Advances
Santos and its partners plan to begin Bedout Basin exploration drilling in April 2027 with Transocean Equinox as work continues on the Dorado offshore oil development.

Santos and its partners plan to begin Bedout Basin exploration drilling in April 2027 with Transocean Equinox as work continues on the Dorado offshore oil development.

Santos has lodged an environment plan with NOPSEMA for a Bedout Basin program offshore Australia, allowing as many as seven exploration and appraisal wells between Q3 2026 and Q3 2031 using semi-sub and jack-up MODUs.

Santos and Carnarvon Energy have delayed offshore exploration in the Bedout sub-basin, which hosts the Dorado discovery, pushing drilling to the first half of 2027 due to rig unavailability.
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