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Esso Australia, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil has completed its $335m offshore Turrum field drilling programme in Bass Strait, Australia.

The project involved the drilling of four gas wells and one oil well and is aimed at developing new gas supplies.

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The investment also follows the start-up of the $4.5bn Kipper Tuna Turrum project.

"The Gippsland Basin Joint Venture has 50 years of experience in Bass Strait."

First oil from the Turrum field, which holds an estimated one trillion ft³ of natural gas and 110 million barrels of oil and gas liquids, was announced in October 2013 through the new Marlin B platform.

ExxonMobil Australia chairman Richard Owen said the drilling programme was completed safely and ahead of schedule.

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"The programme involved drilling approximately 20 kilometres of technically complex wells and installing more than two thousand tonnes of casing, tubing and production equipment."

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The Turrum and Tuna fields are part of the Gippsland Basin joint venture (JV), which is equally owned by ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton.

According to Owen, the JV will continue to supply nearly 40% of east coast Australian domestic gas demand.

"The Gippsland Basin Joint Venture has 50 years of experience in Bass Strait. Since the first well was drilled in 1965 in Bass Strait, approximately four billion barrels of crude oil and eight trillion cubic feet of natural gas have been produced," Owen concluded.

Esso operates offshore oil and gas facilities in Bass Strait and associated processing facilities in Gippsland including the Longford Plants and the Long Island Point facility.

Image: Marlin B platform in Bass Strait. Photo: courtesy of ExxonMobil Australia.