Company News: BHP Billiton Last Update: 20 Sep 2010
Press Release: BHP Billiton Exploration and Development Report for the Quarter Ended 31 December 2008
- Date: 21 Jan 2009
- Category: Standard Release
- Description:
DEVELOPMENT
BHP Billiton’s strong balance sheet allows us to invest through the cycle with a highly disciplined and value-focused approach.
Highlighting our commitment to value accretive longer term growth, we sanctioned two projects during the quarter, being the Western Australia Iron Ore Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5), and the North West Shelf Cossack, Wanaea, Lambert, Hermes (CWLH) Life Extension projects.
MINERALS EXPLORATION
BHP Billiton continues to identify and prioritise various exploration activities. All of the exploration activities are reviewed regularly to ensure that we are capturing value accretive opportunities for future development.
Selection study work on the proposed Olympic Dam Expansion (Australia) is effectively complete. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) based on the five stage project configuration has been provided to the Federal, South Australian and Northern Territory Governments for a compliance review, with the intention that it be released for public comment during the first half of calendar year 2009. Pending government approvals for the EIS and consistent with the prevailing economic circumstances, project activity will be scaled back to that necessary to support the approvals process and the study of a number of mining and processing technology options. Olympic Dam Expansion expenditure for the six months ended 31 December 2008 was US$112 million, of which US$29 million was capitalised.
Grassroots exploration continued on targets in Australia, Chile, Argentina, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and on diamond targets in Canada. Exploration for iron ore, coal, bauxite and manganese was undertaken in a number of regions including Australia, South America, Russia and West Africa.
For the six months ended 31 December 2008, BHP Billiton spent US$357 million on minerals exploration, of which US$313 million was expensed.
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
Exploration and appraisal wells drilled during the quarter or in the process of drilling as at 31 December 2008.
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