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Eastern Star gears up for frontier drilling program in Darling Basin

SYDNEY-based Eastern Star Gas Limited is hoping to conclude a binding farm-in agreement this week that will be a precursor to a bold New South Wales wildcat drilling program during 2006, which includes the southern Surat/Bowen Basin and the sparsely explored Darling Basin in the far northwest of the state. <b>By RICK WILKINSON</b>

The Darling Basin is real frontier territory and Eastern Star is hoping that the large anticlines it is targeting will deliver substantial amounts of oil. The incoming company is Octan Energy Ltd, at...

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