Gorgon Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia)

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Gorgon Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Western Australia, Australia.

Along with Jansz-Io Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia), Gorgon Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Gorgon Oil and Gas Project (Western Australia, Australia).

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Gorgon	Operating	Chevron Australia	Chevron (47.3%); ExxonMobil (25.0%); Shell (25.0%); Osaka Gas (1.25%); other (1.42%)	1980	2009	2016	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gorgon Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	estimated reserves	232000	million m³	1990	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Gorgon Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Northern Carnarvon	Western Australia, Australia	Offshore	-20.3832, 114.8629 (exact)

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

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Additional Data

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