https://www.miningweekly.com

Chevron makes new gas discovery off WA coast

8th February 2013

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

Font size: - +

PERTH (miningweekly.com) - US energy major Chevron has added to its offshore natural gas resources, announcing on Friday that it had made another discovery in the Exmouth plateau area, in the Carnarvon basin.

The Kentish Knock South-1 exploration discovery well encountered around 75 m of net gas pay in the upper Mungaroo sands. The well is located on an exploration permit some 280 km north of Exmouth off the Western Australian coast.

The well was drilled in 1 168 m of water to a total depth of 3 065 m.

“The Asia Pacific region is key to Chevron’s growth strategy and our strong Australia natural gas portfolio continues to be bolstered by our strategic approach to finding and developing resources that will help meet the growing energy needs in the region,” said Chevron vice chairperson George Kirkland.

Melody Meyer, president of the Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production Company, said the Kentish Knock South-1 was an important addition to the company’s queue of high-quality offshore natural gas opportunities in Australia and further supported its long-term plans to expand its Australian liquefied natural gas position.

Chevron Australia is the operator of the permit on which the Kentish Knock South-1 discovery was made, with a 50% interest, while Shell Development holds the balance.

The latest gas discovery was Chevron’s twentieth off the coast of Western Australia, since mid-2009.

The energy major was currently developing the multibillion-dollar Browse and Gorgon projects.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

Showroom

AutoX
AutoX

We are dedicated to business excellence and innovation.

VISIT SHOWROOM 
GreaseMax
GreaseMax

GreaseMax is a chemically operated automatic lubricator.

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Resources Watch
Resources Watch
17th April 2024

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.242 0.275s - 107pq - 2rq
1:
1: United States
Subscribe Now
2: United States
2: