OIL & GAS

ExxonMobil shuts Gippsland oil production after 55 years, faces decommissioning challenge

Esso Australia ends Bass Strait operations as focus shifts to gas and contentious dismantling plans

Esso's Cobia Platform in Australia's Bass Strait, ExxonMobil's last in the Gippsland region, set for decommissioning | Credits: NOPSEMA

ExxonMobil's Australian subsidiary, Esso, has ceased oil production from the Gippsland Basin, drawing the curtain on more than five decades of operations off Victoria's east coast. Since production commenced...

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