Highlights
- BPH Energy has apprised the market of the latest development regarding the PEP 11 exploration licence
- Asset Energy Pty Ltd, which had filed an application in the Federal Court, has now submitted an amended originating application
- BPH had recently announced that it had received binding commitments to raise AU$1.2 million via a placement
In the backdrop of Asset Energy’s application in the Federal Court of Australia against former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to not renew the PEP 11 exploration permit, the company has now filed an amended originating application in the court. Asset Energy Pty Ltd is the wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Energy, an investee of ASX-listed energy investment company BPH Energy (ASX:BPH).
Recently, BPH updated the market about another development in the subject matter. At that time, the Federal Court had released Asset Energy’s application for judicial review in the public domain. This followed the handing over of documents related to the decision of the former Prime Minister by the incumbent minister for resources to the Federal Court.
The amended application
The now amended originating application has been filed with the below-mentioned claims.
- That the decision made by the former Prime Minister with regard to the renewal of the exploration permit for PEP 11 disregarded the requirements of procedural fairness in that it was “infected by actual bias”.
- That additionally or in the alternative, there was “reasonable apprehension” of alleged bias, which was in the form of “predetermination”, in a way that procedural fairness was denied to the applicant.
- That additionally or in the alternative, the denial of procedural fairness emanated from the fact that the former Prime Minister failed to take into consideration the submissions made by the applicant on 22 January 2022.
- That additionally or in the alternative, the denial of procedural fairness emanated from the lack of opportunity to the applicant to counter the issues highlighted by NOPTA with respect to the financial capacity of the applicant.
- That additionally or in the alternative, the decision whereby the renewal was rejected is void and shall have no effect on the ground that the former Prime Minister lacked valid and proper appointment as the responsible Commonwealth Minister of the Joint Authority to administer the department.
Image: © 2022 Kalkine Media®; Source: BPH Energy update dated 17 October 2022
Recent funding update
BPH recently received binding commitments to raise AU$1.2 million via a placement. This was a significant boost to the company’s hydrogen and the PEP 11 gas and carbon storage project. BPH intends to use the amount in the following manner
- AU$0.65 million will go into investments in clean hydrogen technology
- AU$0.35 million will be used to fund the development of oil and gas projects
- AU$0.1 million will be used as working capital, including costs of the placement
Click here to read more on the funding update.