Australian Worldwide Exploration

AWE Limited
Company typePublic
IndustryEnergy
Founded1997-2018
HeadquartersPerth, Australia
ProductsOil, Gas
Websitehttps://mitsuiepmidwest.com.au
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AWE Limited (AWE)[1] is an oil and gas producer with proven resources in Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand.[2] Since May 2018, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan)[3] and has been delisted from the ASX.[4] Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd and AWE Limited are now sister companies working under the single brand of Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU) to reflect the combined businesses.

The company's assets currently include the BassGas project in Bass Strait, Tasmania,[5] the Casino gas project in Otway Basin,[6] Victoria, and onshore Perth Basin interests in Western Australia.[7]

  1. ^ "Group Companies | Mitsui E&P Australia - Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd". www.mitsui.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ Cook, Tracey (22 October 2006). "Oil, Gas Sector Tipped as Next Cab Off Merger Rank". Australasian Business Intelligence.
  3. ^ "Mitsui & Co". www.mitsui.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Announcements Search Results". www.asx.com.au. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "BassGas Project - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis".
  6. ^ "Henry and Netherby Gas Fields, Otway Basin". Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. ^ "History of oil and gas in the Perth Basin". Mitsui E&P Australia in the Mid West. Retrieved 9 March 2020.