Project Profile
Value: US$100 million
Location: 160km west of Gladstone in Queensland\'s Bowen Basin
Production: unknown
Reserves: 885 PJ (total proven, probable and possible)
Start-up Year: 2012
WestSide completed the transition from explorer to producer in July 2010 after joining with Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd (Mitsui) to acquire the Dawson CSG fields near Moura in Queensland’s Bowen Basin from existing owners Anglo American (Anglo) and Mitsui Moura Investment Pty Ltd (MMI). Renamed Meridian SeamGas, the gasfields commenced operations in the late 1990s as Australia\'s first CSG producer and comprise a range of assets including a petroleum lease, gas rights in mining leases and gas compression and pipeline infrastructure connected to Queensland’s commercial gas network. WestSide is operator of the Meridian SeamGas CBM fields and holds a 51% stake with Mitsui E&P holding the remaining 49% interest.
Operator:
WestSide: Operator with 51% interest
Mitsui E&P: 49% interest