Melanie-1 Petroleum Exploration Well, Cape Range Peninsula

The proposal is to drill and evaluate a land-based exploration well, Melanie-1, on Cape Range Peninsula for a gas and oil target. The proposal does not include any future plans to develop a gas or oil field. The proposed Melanie-1 exploration well is located near the north western tip of Cape Range Peninsula, inland of the Yardie Creek Road and behind the line of hills which form the continuation of Cape Range. The project site, which covers an area of approximately 0.8 hectares, is approximately 1.3 km to the south of the Ningaloo Marine Park and 18 km to the north-east of Cape Range National Park.