Barrow Island Oil Pipeline
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Barrow Island Oil Pipeline is a retired oil pipeline in Australia.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from offshore to Barrow Island, Western Australia.[2]
Project Details
- Operator: Chevron[2]
- Owner: Chevron
- Parent company: Chevron
- Capacity: 50000 barrels per day[1]
- Current capacity: 5000 barrels per day[1]
- Length: 6 kilometers / 10 miles[1]
- Status: Retired[3]
- Start year: 1967[3]
Background
The pipeline is owned and operated by Chevron.[1] Oil production through the pipeline peaked at 50000 barrels per day in 1971 but fell to about 5000 barrels per day by 2014.[1] Barrow Island is now home to Chevron's Gorgon Project[4], which is associated with the Gorgon and Jansz Feed Gas Pipeline.
In 2025, the Barrow Island oil field ceased production and decommissioning of facilities, including pipelines, began.[3]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 50 years of oil at Barrow Island, Gas Today, Spring 2014, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Western Australian Petroleum Pipeline Polygons (DMIRS-007) - Web Mapping Service - data.wa.gov.au". catalogue.data.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "information sheet WA Oil Decommissioning" (PDF). australia.chevron.com. 2025. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Gorgon Project, Chevron, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
