Specifications - Gorgon, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia
| Name | Gorgon |
| Location | Australia |
| Operator | |
| Partners | 2/7ths |
| texaco australia pty Ltd | 2/7ths |
| mobil australia resources company pty Ltd | 1/7th |
| shell development (Australia) pty Ltd | 2/7ths |
| Location | 60km from barrow Island |
| 200km west of Dampier | |
| five fields so far has been discovered | Gorgon, Chrysaor, Dionysus, west tryal rocks and spar called collectively, greater Gorgon, these fields have been extensively appraised, including eight wells in gorgon itself. |
| Reserves | |
| in greater gorgon area | up to 13.8 trillion cubic feet (TCF) |
| Gorgon | 9.6 TCF |
| proven plus probable reserves | 17.6 TCF |
| including certified possible reserves | 21.5 TCF |
| carbon dioxide | 12-15% |
| Drilling | |
| west tryal rocks discovery | 1973 |
| gorgon discovery | 1980 |
| Wells | |
| appraisal wells | 14 |
| Gorgon | 8 |
| west tryal Rocks | 3 |
| Chrysaor | 1 |
| Dionysus | 1 |
| Spar | 1 |
| latest well | north gorgon No.6 |
| Spudded | october 28th 1998 |
| Depth | 4290 m |
| total net pay | 157 metres |
| joint venture partners | Clough |
| Kvaerner | |
| Schlumberger | |
| Development | phased subsea development |
| gravity based platform | |
| processing prior to export | |
| trunkline to lng plant on the burrup Peninsular. | |
| Capacity | two liquefaction trains |
| 4 million tons/year each | |
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