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Melbana Energy — MEO Australia — RIU Good Oil Conference 2009

15 slides from Melbana Energy's conference presentation, Sep 2, 2009

  1. Slide 1: RIU Good Oil Conference

    Disclaimer This presentation includes certain forward-looking statements that have been based on current expectations about future acts, events and circumstances. These forward-looking statements are, however, subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause those acts, events and ci

  2. Slide 2: Corporate snapshot

    Corporate snapshot ASX-300 company, high liquidity, largely retail register MEO Australia Limited (included in ASX300) Source: ASX Ticker symbols ASX MEO US ADR program OTC MEOAY Issued shares Million 417.3 Treasury stock Million 10.1 Unlisted Options Million 13.4 Closing price 1st Sep $0.585 Market

  3. Slide 3: Highly credentialed board

    Highly credentialed board Extensive industry and capital market experience Nick Heath >30yrs with ExxonMobil Non-Executive Chairman Past APPEA President Appointed May 2008 Engineer Jürgen Hendrich Greg Short Stephen Hopley Michael Sweeney MD & CEO Non-executive director Non-executive director Non-ex

  4. Slide 4: Strong technical focus

    Strong technical focus Striving for technical and commercial excellence Jürgen Hendrich Chief Executive Officer 12yrs @ Esso Australia Ltd Geologist (ExxonMobil subsidiary) Investment Banking GSJBW, Tolhurst (now PSL) Colin Naylor Robert Gard Dave Maughan Ken Hendrick CFO/Company Secy Commercial Man

  5. Slide 5: Gas projects in established LNG provinces

    Gas projects in established LNG provinces Demonstrable monetisation path Segment Asset Summary Strategy Summary Timor Sea gas processing hub on Tassie Shoal Development potential • Integrated CO2 sequestration & • Facilitates regional hub location solution to stranded gas • 3rd party gas or from MEO

  6. Slide 6: Tassie Shoal – a natural development hub

    Tassie Shoal – a natural development hub Central to all stranded Timor Sea gas fields Methanol Loading Buoy Abadi Gas Supply Indonesia Pipelines N Australia PLEM Greater Barossa Sunrise Evans Shoal Cooling Blackwood Water East Methanol Plant (5,000 tpd stage 1) Outlet Caldita Blackwood ACP LNG Stora

  7. Slide 7: Development hub advantages

    Development hub advantages Alternative solutions for CO2 and distance economic challenges CO2 challenged Location challenged Evans Shoal Greater Sunrise - FLNG? Tassie Shoal? (Santos, Shell, Petronas, Osaka Gas) (WPL/Shell/ConocoPhillips/Osaka Gas) ~6+TCF 25% CO2 4 bbl/mmscf ~5.4 TCF 4% CO2 40 bbl/m

  8. Slide 8: Floating LNG technology – on solid ground

    Floating LNG technology – on solid ground Timor Sea LNG Project is a single module One of the NWS Train 5 (4.4 Mtpa) modules Darwin LNG Plant (3.7 Mtpa) Pluto I (4.3 Mtpa) has 264 modules Timor Sea LNG Plant (3.0 Mtpa) at same scale – 1 module • Technology developed for F-LNG, installed on fixed, se

  9. Slide 9: WA-360-P – a great address!

    WA-360-P – a great address! Strategically located near existing & proposed LNG infrastructure Age of Main Gas Reservoir (Trap) Jurassic (Structural-Stratigraphic) Cretaceous (Structural) Upper Triassic (Structural) Upper Triassic (Structural - Stratigraphic) WA-359-P Paleocene WA-361-P Oil Accumulat

  10. Slide 10: JO/MU Regional Depth Structure Map

    JO/MU Regional Depth Structure Map Structural Elements

  11. Slide 11: Legendre Reservoir Distribution

    Legendre Reservoir Distribution Legendre Absent Legendre Shale Out

  12. Slide 12: Artemis Legendre prospect outline

    Artemis Legendre prospect outline Excludes West Artemis due to lack of 3D coverage Facies change to marine shale Fault boundary Subcrop Western boundary of Artemis Prospect defined by faults with pinchout of reservoir sequences Top Legendre Depth Map

  13. Slide 13: DHI* Observations

    DHI* Observations Amplitudes show conformance with structure Undulations related to Tertiary high velocity channels affecting depth conversion * DHI = Direct Hydrocarbon Indicator

  14. Slide 14: Artemis 3D IL1352 – Near, Mid and Far Angles

    Artemis 3D IL1352 – Near, Mid and Far Angles Legendre reservoir exhibits amplitude increase with offset North Rankin water sands exhibit amplitude decrease with offset Near Calypso / Legendre sands North Rankin Water sands Mid Calypso / Legendre sands North Rankin Water sands Far Calypso / Legendre

  15. Slide 15: Potential value progressively being realised

    Potential value progressively being realised Farm-out activity provides near term catalyst for re-rating Potential value per share Risked Remarks Un-risked Current share price $0.585 $0.585 September 1st closing price Less cash on hand $0.04 $0.04 $17.2m at June 30th = Market value of MEO projects $

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