Greater Sunrise gas field

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The Greater Sunrise gas field is a major offshore natural gas and condensate reservoir in the Timor Sea, jointly claimed and developed by Australia and Timor-Leste.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gas condensate field
offshore natural gas field
basin Bonaparte Basin
classification straddling offshore resource
contains condensate
natural gas
controversy allegations of Australian espionage during treaty negotiations
countryClaim Australia
Timor-Leste
developmentConceptDebated floating LNG (FLNG)
pipeline to Darwin
pipeline to Timor-Leste
developmentDispute maritime boundaries between Australia and Timor-Leste
developmentRequires agreement on LNG processing location
bilateral agreement on fiscal terms
discoveredBy Woodside Energy
surface form: Woodside Petroleum
discoveredIn 1974
distanceFrom about 150 km southeast of Timor-Leste
about 450 km northwest of Darwin, Australia
economicImportanceFor northern Australia
surface form: Northern Australia

Timor-Leste
estimatedRecoverableCondensate approximately 225 million barrels
estimatedRecoverableGas approximately 5.3 trillion cubic feet
geology Mesozoic sandstone reservoirs
governedBy 2018 Maritime Boundaries Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste
Timor Sea Treaty
surface form: Timor Sea Treaty (historically)

Timor Sea Treaty
surface form: Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (historically)
hydrocarbonPhase gas-condensate
impactOn Australia–Timor-Leste bilateral relations
Timor-Leste state revenue projections
includesSubfields Sunrise field
Troubadour field
licenseType production sharing contract area
locatedIn Timor Sea
operator Woodside Energy
partner Osaka Gas
Santos Limited
Timor Gap
partOf Greater Sunrise gas field self-linksurface differs
surface form: Greater Sunrise petroleum system
projectNameVariant Greater Sunrise
region Southeast Asia
resource offshore gas reserves
resourceType non-renewable hydrocarbon resource
status undeveloped
strategicSignificance major potential LNG export source for Timor-Leste
subjectTo Timor Sea maritime boundary negotiations
revenue-sharing negotiations
waterDepth approximately 150 meters

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Timor Sea contains Greater Sunrise gas field
Greater Sunrise gas field partOf Greater Sunrise gas field self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Greater Sunrise petroleum system
Timor Sea Treaty relatedField Greater Sunrise gas field
Timor Gap containsField Greater Sunrise gas field
this entity surface form: Greater Sunrise gas field (regionally associated)