Gorgon Oil and Gas Project (Western Australia, Australia)

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Gorgon Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Western Australia, Australia.


The project consists of the following units:

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Gorgon Operating[1][2] Chevron Australia[3] Chevron (47.3%); ExxonMobil (25.0%); Osaka Gas (1.25%); other (1.42%); Shell (25.0%)[3] 2009[4] 2016[3] Conventional[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gorgon Oil and Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas resources 1132663.17 million m³ 2009 [6][7]
gas remaining reserves 407050.83 million m³ 2021 [8]
gas resources 1047713.44 million m³ 2016 [9][10]
gas 2p reserves 608806.46 million m³ 2003 [7]

Table 3: Production from Gorgon Oil and Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production condensate 0.02 million bbl/y 2018 [11]
production gas 73.62 million m³/y 2018 [11]
production gas 21704.66 million m³/y 2020 [12]
production condensate 5.47 million bbl/y 2020 [12]

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Gorgon Oil and Gas Project

Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Northern Carnarvon Western Australia, Australia[13] Offshore[14] -20.4072, 114.8503 (exact)[13]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221107125613/https://australia.chevron.com/our-businesses/gorgon-project. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240412170827/https://australia.chevron.com/-/media/australia/our-businesses/documents/gorgon-project-milestones-fact-sheet-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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