Griffin Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: BHP Billiton
• Country: Australia
• Location: Western Australia
• Production start: 1994
• Partners: Mobil - 35%, INPEX - 20%
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Griffin oil fields are located 62km off the coast of Western Australia, in a water depth of about 130m. They consist of the Griffin oil field, the Scindian oil field and the Chinook oil field
• The field utilised a development concept incorporating subsea well infrastructure and the Griffin Venture FPSO
• The Griffin Development infrastructure comprises three main components:
  • subsea facilities (includes trees, manifolds, flowlines, umbilicals, moorings,
  • Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM);
  • the RTM and export gas pipeline.

+++ Contractors

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+++ History

• 1994 - First oil produced
• 2009 - Production on the field ceased

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. The cessation of production at the Griffin oil fields, offshore Western Australia