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Bass Strait: Long history, bright future
Celebrating 40 years of oil and gas production
For 40 years, Bass Strait has provided the energy ordinary Australian's rely on every day.
Today show weatherman Steve Jacobs reports live from West Tuna platform in Bass Strait
Learn about oil and gas production and life offshore from Steve Jacobs, from the Today show who recently spent some time on our West Tuna platform in Bass Strait.
Media release - Esso and BHP Billiton commemorate 40 years of gas and oil from Bass Strait
It’s been four decades since the first gas from Bass Strait was piped to homes and businesses in Melbourne via the processing plant at Longford. The first home was connected to natural gas on April 14, 1969, making front-page news right around the country. First oil flowed later that same year.
Brochure - Bass Strait: Long history, bright future
Since the first well was drilled in Bass Strait, almost 4 billion barrels of crude oil and 7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas have been produced. The discoveries in Bass Strait led to significant changes to Australia's industry and economy.
Article - How we turn the 'impossible' into 'easy oil'
There has never been an era of easy oil - it's only easy after the engineers have invented a way to develop it. Learn more about the technical achievements over four decades of oil and gas production in Bass Strait.
Article - Pioneers of equipment processes
Four decades after we started production we still have a world-class operation providing an excellent platform for a whole round of development projects.
