Pancontinental Energy NL
PCL.AX
Australian Securities Exchange0.01
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ISIN
AU000000PCL4
CUSIP
Q7415P100
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26.53
3Y
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76.60
5Y
450.00
80.11
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Iain Peter Smith
- Full Time Employees
- 5
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
- Address
- 30 Richardson Street West Perth WA Australia 6005
- IPO Date
- Jan 31, 1988
- Website
- pancon.com.au
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- Pancontinental Energy NL (ASX: PCL) is an Australia-based petroleum exploration company focused on conventional oil and gas projects with large-scale resource potential at modest entry costs. The company holds a 75% working interest and operatorship in the PEL 87 offshore exploration permit covering 10,970 square kilometers in Namibia's Orange Basin, a global exploration hotspot on-trend with major discoveries by Galp Energia, TotalEnergies and Shell; it also maintains interests in the onshore Cooper Eromanga Basin in Queensland, Australia, including ATP 920 and ATP 924 permits encompassing prospects under review for further exploration. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in West Perth, Western Australia, Pancontinental targets high-impact frontier basins primarily in Namibia and Australia, with historical involvement in projects in Kenya and California. Recent developments include Woodside Energy's full funding of a US$35 million 6,593 square kilometer 3D seismic survey over PEL 87 in 2023, followed by Woodside's decision in March 2025 not to exercise its option to farm-in for a 56% participating interest, prompting an ongoing process to secure an alternative farm-in partner to fund exploration drilling; in October 2025, the company applied for a 12-month extension of PEL 87's Initial Exploration Period from Namibia's Ministry of Mines and Energy, while advancing maturation of a growing inventory of intra-Saturn leads and prospects supported by advanced basin modeling revealing Class II AVO anomalies and high-quality reservoirs with estimated recoverable resources exceeding 3.8 billion barrels. As of December 2024, Pancontinental reported AU$3.6 million in cash reserves with no debt, funding strategic data acquisition, environmental impact assessments and business development amid a trailing twelve-month cash burn of AU$2.0 million. Joint venture partners in PEL 87 include Custos Investments (15%) and Namibia's state-owned NAMCOR (10%), positioning the company to leverage regional infrastructure like the adjacent Kudu Gas-to-Power project advancing toward a field development plan in 2025.