MEO Australia Limited advises that all requisite regulatory approvals have now been received for the acquisition of approximately 250 km2 of 3D seismic in WA-360-P, offshore Western Australia in the Carnarvon Basin.

A contract for the acquisition and processing of this 3D survey has been executed with PGS Australia Pty Ltd utilizing the 'Orient Explorer'. Acquisition is expected to commence on or about March 11 and take approximately 20 days depending on weather. The final processed volume is contracted to be in house within 90 days of the conclusion of acquisition.

The 3D survey is expected to cost approximately US$3.4 million, including processing. MEO is paying 90% of this cost in consideration for extending its drill/drop option for WA-360-P to December 31, 2009. MEO's working interest in WA-360-P increases to 70% by contributing 90% of the cost of the Artemis 3D survey.

The survey is designed to map the extension of the Artemis Prospect being matured for drilling in 2010. This prospect was identified on the 250 km2 MEO 3D survey acquired in 2007/08. MEO believes that this prospect may represent an extension of the Wheatstone gas field (WA-253-P) into WA-360-P. The Artemis 3D survey will include a tie-line to the Wheatstone 3D survey to enable these surveys to be readily merged.

WA-360-P is strategically located in close proximity to the 5-train North West Shelf Gas Project (16.3 Mtpa) as well as both the Pluto LNG project (4.3 Mtpa) currently under construction and the proposed Wheatstone LNG project (10 Mtpa) under consideration.

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