Prelude Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia)

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

Prelude Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Prelude FLNG complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Prelude	Operating	Shell	Shell (100.0%)	2007	2011	2018	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Prelude Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	remaining reserves	38368.97	million m³	2021	​

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Browse	Western Australia, Australia	Offshore	-13.8147, 123.3406 (exact)

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

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