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Giant Australian Gas Prospect Dry

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Australia’s Western Gas announced today they found no hydrocarbons in its Sasanof-1 exploration well off Western Australia.

  • The field was estimated to hold 7.2 trillion cubic feet of gas or 176 million barrels of condensate.
  • The Sasanof prospect combined with Western Gas's Equus gas field off Western Australia had been seen as a potential source to supply the North West Shelf LNG plant. The North West Shelf LNG plant is set to close one of five processing units in 2024 as its foundation fields are drying up.
  • Western Gas have not announced if they will be drilling further prospect wells as part of the announcement.


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