Merchant is a producing conventional gas field located onshore Australia and is operated by Santos. The field is located in block PPL 17.
Field participation details
The field is owned by Beach Energy and Santos.
Production from Merchant
The Merchant conventional gas field recovered 11.72% of its total recoverable reserves, with peak production expected in 2023. The peak production will approximately 5 Mmcfd of natural gas. Based on economic assumptions, production will continue until the field reaches its economic limit in 2065.
Remaining recoverable reserves
The field is expected to recover 4.1 Mmboe, comprised of 24.62 bcf of natural gas reserves.
About Santos
Santos Ltd (Santos) is an oil and natural gas company. Its activities include onshore, offshore, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. The company has exploration and production acreage in Australia. Its operations are concentrated on core asset hubs such as Cooper Basin, Queensland and New South Wales, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia and Timor-Leste, and Western Australia. Santos owns the related infrastructure and carries out transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons. Its products include natural gas, ethane, condensate, methane, coal seam gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil. The company supplies its products to homes, businesses, and major industries across Australia and Asia. Santos is headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Methodology
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