Mereenie Oil and Gas Field (Northern Territory, Australia)

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Mereenie Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Northern Territory, Australia.

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Mereenie Operating[1] Central Petroleum Limited[1] Central Petroleum Limited (100.0%)[1] 1963[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mereenie 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 2p reserves 1050 million m³ 2023 [3]
oil 2p reserves 0.38 million bbl 2023 [3]

Table 3: Production from Mereenie Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
cumulative production gas 7987.8 million m³ 2020 [4]
cumulative production oil 18.6 million bbl 2020 [4]
production gas 260.71 million m³/y 2020 [4]
production oil 0.16 million bbl/y 2020 [4]
production gas 266 million m³/y 2023 [3]
production oil 0.13 million bbl/y 2023 [3]

Location

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

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Northern Territory, Australia[5] Onshore[6] -24.0448, 131.6337 (exact)[5]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Petroleum Opportunities: Energy NT 2015: Energy Activities for the Northern Territory Australia" (PDF). Northern Territory Government Department of Industry, Tourism, and Trade. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240514162841/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/mereenie-oil-and-gas-field-australia/. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240514162841/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/mereenie-oil-and-gas-field-australia/. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "NT onshore oil and gas production data". Northern Territory Government Department of Industry, Tourism, and Trade. 2020. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210626215129/https://www.mindat.org/feature-8641210.html. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)