Finder Energy (ASX: FDR) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Finder Energy is an upstream oil and gas exploration and development company focused on offshore energy basins.

Finder Energy
Finder Energy is an upstream oil and gas exploration and development company focused on offshore energy basins. Founded in 2004, the company maintains a portfolio of petroleum exploration and field development permits across international hydrocarbon provinces. Its core operational interests include an offshore oil field development project in Timor-Leste, alongside exploration licences in the North West Shelf offshore Western Australia and the United Kingdom North Sea. The company conducts subsurface geological evaluation, seismic data interpretation, and field engineering to progress hydrocarbon resources toward commercial production while partnering through joint venture farm-out agreements.
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Operations
Products and/or services of Finder Energy
- Timor-Leste Offshore Petroleum Development: Operational management of PSC 19-11 in the Timor Sea, focusing on field development planning, subsurface evaluation, and commercializing light crude oil reserves held within shallow offshore fields.
- North West Shelf Dampier Permit Exploration: Technical evaluation and geological mapping of WA-520-P permit area offshore Western Australia, targeting shallow-water hydrocarbon play trends and prospective oil resources near established production infrastructure.
- North West Shelf Bedout Basin Exploration: Strategic management of WA-547-P offshore permit in Western Australia, conducting 3D seismic interpretation and subsurface studies to de-risk high-impact prospective oil structures across key petroleum fairways.
- United Kingdom Central North Sea Production Licences: Evaluation of offshore seaward production licences in the United Kingdom Central North Sea, identifying drill-ready oil and gas prospects situated near operational processing facilities to facilitate low-cost tie-back development.
- United Kingdom South Viking Graben Oil Prospects: Subsurface assessment of offshore exploration acreage in the South Viking Graben, analyzing high-impact structural oil targets and regional play concepts adjacent to existing offshore export networks.
- Joint Venture Farm-Out and Commercial Asset Management: Structuring and negotiating farm-out agreements, joint venture operations, subsurface technical evaluations, and risk-sharing equity transactions across international offshore oil and gas basins to finance exploration and development.
Finder Energy executive team
- Mr. Damon Andrew Neaves ASIA, B.Comm, LLBMD, CEO & Director
- Mr. Mark RobertsonCOO & Director of PSC 19-11 Project
- Mr. Shane Westlake MSc (Hons)Technical Director & Director
- Mr. Aaron BondExploration Manager
- Sarah QiaoActing Chief Financial Officer
- Ms. Paula KaneCompany Secretary & Permit Manager