Prelude Gas and Condensate Field (Western Australia, Australia)

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Prelude Gas and Condensate Field is an operating gas and condensate field in Western Australia, Australia.

Prelude Gas and Condensate Field is a part of the Prelude FLNG Gas and Condensate Project (Western Australia, Australia).

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Prelude operating[1] Shell[2] Overseas Petroleum and Investment Corp [5%]; Korea Gas Corp [10%]; INPEX Corp [17%]; Shell PLC [67%][3][3][3][3] 2007[4] 2011[5] 2018[6] conventional[7]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Prelude Gas and Condensate Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas remaining reserves 38369.54 million m³ 2021 ​[8]

Location

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

Concession/Block Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
WA-44-L[1] Browse Western Australia, Australia[4] offshore[9] -13.8147, 123.3406 (exact)[4]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Prelude FLNG Gas and Condensate Project (Western Australia, Australia):

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2025-05/walngprofileapril2025.docx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230507132330/https://www.boilingcold.com.au/after-prelude-few-win-from-shells-floating-lng/. Archived from the original on 07 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.inpex.com/english/business/project/prelude.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210917150004/https://dasc.dmp.wa.gov.au/DASC?productAlias=PetrOliGasFields_GDA2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240524152334/https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/shell-made-fid-prelude-floating-lng-project-australia.html. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230328011309/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/shell-project/. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240528153652/https://www.shell.com/what-we-do/major-projects/prelude-flng.html. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-natural-gas-data-reveals-trillions-of-dollars-of-upcoming-gas-projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)