** Shares of Carnarvon Energy Ltd CVN.AX rise as much as
6.7% to A$0.16, their highest since Sept. 23
** Oil explorer says top 20 out of more than 100 identified
prospects in the Bedout Sub-basin on the northwestern coast of
Australia have an estimated 1.5 bln barrels of oil urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX8NSrfW
** Says potential resources in Pavo total 66 mln barrels of
oil, with a better success rate of 60%
** Stock down ~55.9% this year, as of last close
(Reporting by Poonam Behura in Bengaluru)
((Poonam.Behura@thomsonreuters.com;))