North West Shelf

Considerable parts of the region are the highest prospective gas and oil areas of Australia.

[1] It has a considerable number of oil and gas wells, pipelines, production areas and support facilities.

[2][3] As an area it is located in the Indian Ocean between North West Cape and Dampier.

The production areas are located offshore and within the jurisdiction of the Western Australian state government.

The North West Shelf oil extraction is negligible compared to the volume of gas produced.

The Northwest Shelf marine province , as defined by the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (ICMRA), contains the North West Shelf region.
North West Shelf Venture leases and infrastructure