Located in Hela Province, approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Kutubu in PDL 2. South-east Manada was discovered in 1991. Commercial production commenced in 2006 with an initial production 3000 bbls/day on average.
Production has since declined and is no longer producing oil.
The Project Operator is Oil Search Limited (72.26%) in Joint Venture partnership with Merlin Petroleum Company (19.84%) and Petroleum Resources Kutubu Ltd (7.90%).