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The first oil discovery in Australia was made near Lakes Entrance, Victoria in 1924. [5] The West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd joint venture discovered Australia's first flowing oil in November 1953, at Rough Range on the North West Cape. [6]
Rough Range is a location in Western Australia where oil was discovered during an exploration drilling programme in 1953.. West Australian Petroleum (WAPET) drilled its first well at Rough Range near North West Cape in 1953.
The first oil discovery in Australia was made near Lakes Entrance, Victoria in 1924. [3] The Rough Range well flowed with heavy crude oil, initially at 400 barrels (64 m 3) per day from a depth of 1099 metres, but further drilling in 1954 demonstrated the discovery to be small with low flow rates and it was deemed to be not commercial.
Oil shale in Australia was referred to for the first time by François Péron, et al., in Voyage de Découverte aux Terres Australes [5] which was published in Paris in 1807, describing what was probably torbanite from the Newnes deposit. [6] Around 1850, oil shale was discovered at Joadja Creek.
In 2006, Australia produced approximately 562,000 bbl/d (89,400 m 3 /d) of oil. [14] Western Australia is Australia's leading oil (and condensate) producing State, having surpassed Victoria, where production from the Gippsland Basin off the southern coast has been steadily declining.
Oil field in California, 1938. The modern history of petroleum began in the nineteenth century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for ...
Oil was discovered on the island in commercial quantities in 1964 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd , and the first oil field was established shortly after. [18] In 1995, there were 430 wells producing oil and natural gas across most of the southern half of the island. [19] The site has been Australia's leading producer of oil.
Santos was incorporated on 18 March 1954, with its name an acronym of South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search. Its core business was initially built on gas discoveries in the Cooper Basin, South Australia, with the discovery and development of the Gidgealpa 2 well in 1963 and Moomba 1 in 1966.