Dorado Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia)

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Dorado Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in Western Australia, Australia.

Dorado Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Dorado complex.

Dorado Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Dorado Phase 1.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Dorado Oil and Gas Field

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Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Dorado	Discovered	Santos	Santos WA Northwest (80.0%); Carnarvon Energy (20.0%)	2018	2025 (expected)	2028 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Dorado Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	2C	21180.8	million m³	2023	​
liquids	EUR	350	million bbl	2022	​
oil	recoverable reserves	158	million bbl	2024	​
oil and condensate	2C	162	million bbl	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Dorado Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	32.12	million bbl/y	2027

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Dorado Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
WA-437-P	Roebuck	Western Australia, Australia	Offshore	-19.0272, 118.7435 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Dorado complex:

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