Lakes Blue Energy NL agreed to acquire remaining 42.5% stake in Petroleum Retention Lease 2 from Jarden Corporation Australia Pty Ltd.

Lakes Blue Energy NL (LKO) is an Australia-based company, which is engaged in the exploration for oil and gas within Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its projects include Nangwarry Carbon Dioxide, Wombat Gas Field, Trifon/Gangell Gas Field, Baragwanath Gas Field, Roma Shelf Project, Enterprise North, Otway-1, Portland Energy Project, and Buna. Through its subsidiary, Otway Energy Pty Ltd, the Company holds 50% of, and operates, PRL 249. PRL 249 contains the Nangwarry Carbon Dioxide Project. Through Gippsland, it focuses on Petroleum Retention Lease 2 (PRL2), within which the Wombat (100% LKO) and Trifon/Gangell (100% LKO) gas fields are located. It holds 100% of ATP 1183, which is located in the Roma Shelf area of Queensland. The Otway-1 well is a conventional well located adjacent to the existing lona gas field. The well shall be drilled to a depth of approximately 1,500 metres and target gas in both the Waarre Sands and the Eumeralla Formation, and oil in the Pebble Point Sandstone.