Wheatstone Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia)

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

Along with Iago Oil and Gas Field (Western Australia, Australia), Wheatstone Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Wheatstone/Iago Gas Project (Western Australia, Australia).

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Wheatstone	operating	Chevron	Mitsubishi Corp [3%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [1%]; Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security [3%]; JERA Co Inc [0%]; Woodside Petroleum Ltd [13%]; Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company KSC [13%]; Nippon Yusen KK [0%]; Chevron Corp [64%]	2004	2011	2017	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Wheatstone Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	gas	2.8	million m³/y	2023	​

Location

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

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
WA-253-P R1	Northern Carnavon	Western Australia, Australia	offshore	-19.9305, 115.3355 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Wheatstone/Iago Gas Project (Western Australia, Australia):

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