Bass Strait underpins Aussie oil flow
This paper reports that the Bass Strait region off Australia's southern coast is expected to remain the mainstay of the country's oil production in the near term. Government and industry see Australia's western offshore areas as the key to maintaining the country's level of oil self-sufficiency at an acceptable level beyond 2000. But Bass Strait oil flow, in decline since 1985, at about 300,000 b/d still provides more than half of Australia's current production. Bass Strait operators have a healthy program of exploration and development on tap in the near term. Chief focus will be in the Gippsland basin, off Victoria's southeast coast, which currently provides most Bass Strait oil and gas production.
- OSTI ID:
- 6963004
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:37; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJAV
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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