Chevron: more natural gas offshore Western Australia

Chevron has announced a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. The discovery is located in Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin, where Chevron is a major leaseholder. The Brederode-1 exploration well is located within the WA-364-P permit area approximately 350 kilometres northwest of Onslow. Situated in 1,387 metres of water, the well was drilled to a depth of 2,750 metres and encountered approximately 15 metres of net gas pay.