Jackson oil plant
Jackson oil field is located in Queensland
Jackson oil field
Location within Queensland
General information
Coordinates27°38′03″S 142°23′57″E / 27.6343°S 142.3991°E / -27.6343; 142.3991

Jackson oil field is the largest onshore oil field in Australia. It is in Durham, Shire of Bulloo in southwestern Queensland, approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) west of Thargomindah.[1]

Jackson oil plant is an oil processing facility near the field. It processes oil from several oil fields in the Eromanga Basin and Cooper Basins.

The field was discovered in 1981 and contains 350 million barrels of oil, of which just under one third is recoverable.[1] Peak production occurred in 2000.[2]

One of the wells sprung a leak in 2013, and released about 50,000 litres (11,000 imp gal; 13,000 US gal) per day for a week.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Nigel Wilson (2 October 2007). "Innamincka's results fire share surge". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Oil & gas field profile: Jackson Conventional Oil Field, Australia". Offshore Technology. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ McCarthy, John (20 May 2013). "Santos confirms uncontrolled leak at oil and gas well in Queensland's remote southwest". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2019.


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