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Beach Energy to expand Taroom Trough acreage in $115 million deal
Australian energy company Beach Energy agreed to expand its Taroom Trough holdings through a deal with Elixir.
The deal covers interests in four permits in Queensland, with Beach taking full operatorship of two of them.
Beach will pay $25 million in cash and fund $90 million of work over four years.
The expansion will bring its net acreage in the Taroom Trough to 1,481 square kilometres, making it one of the region’s largest acreage holders.
The area is an emerging gas resource zone within an established oil and gas production province.
Beach and Elixir will also be able to pursue further opportunities together in the area.
Completion is targeted for the second half of FY27, subject to regulatory and pre-emptive rights approvals; Beach plans exploration and appraisal work and expects an initial contingent resource estimate in its FY27 reserves process.
Beach Energy has agreed to expand its Taroom Trough acreage through a deal involving $25 million in cash and a $90 million work program carry.
The company will acquire a 50% operated interest in ATP 2044 and ATP 2077A-B, and a 25% interest in ATP 2056 and ATP 2057.
The deal would increase Beach’s net acreage in the Taroom Trough to 1,481 square kilometres.
Completion is expected in the second half of FY27, subject to regulatory and pre-emptive rights approvals.
Beach expects an initial 2C Contingent Resource booking in its FY27 reserves process.
- Who
- Beach Energy and Elixir.
- What
- Beach has agreed to acquire interests in four Taroom Trough permits for $25 million in cash and a $90 million work program carry over four years.
- When
- Announced on 22 October 2026; completion is expected in the second half of FY27.
- Where
- The Taroom Trough in Queensland, Australia.
- Why
- Beach says the deal gives it a material operated position and room for future resource and reserves growth.
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Beach Energy announced the acreage deal.
Beach anticipates an initial 2C Contingent Resource booking in its reserves process.
Completion is expected, subject to regulatory and pre-emptive rights approvals.
- Cash payment
- $25 million
- Work program carry
- $90 million over four years
- Net Taroom Trough acreage
- 1,481 km²
- Interests acquired
- 50% in ATP 2044 and ATP 2077A-B; 25% in ATP 2056 and ATP 2057
What people are saying
The new partnership with Elixir represents a compelling opportunity to secure a material, operated position in the Taroom Trough, an emerging resource play within an established oil and gas production province. It offers significant running room for future resource and reserves growth.