Mereenie, Northern Territory

Mereenie is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is about 250km west of Alice Springs[8] and northeast of Uluru. It is on the "Inner Mereenie Loop" road which was completed as a sealed road in 2016 providing access for caravans and two-wheel-drive vehicles.[11]

Mereenie
Northern Territory
Mereenie
Coordinates23°53′39″S 131°49′34″E[1]
Population30 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density0.0061/km2 (0.0157/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0872[3]
Area4,951 km2 (1,911.6 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)MacDonnell Region [1]
Territory electorate(s)Stuart[5]
Federal Division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
30.7 °C
87 °F		 15.6 °C
60 °F		 303.6 mm
12 in
Suburbs around Mereenie:
Lake Mackay Lake Mackay
Kunparrka
Mount Zeil		 Mount Zeil
Lake Mackay Mereenie Mount Zeil
Namatjira
Areyonga
Namatjira
Petermann Petermann Petermann
FootnotesLocations[3][8]
Adjoining localities[9][10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mereenie had 30 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Mereenie is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[6][5][10]

Mereenie Oil Field

The Mereenie Oil Field is a source of oil and gas in the Amadeus Basin. It is connected to Darwin by the Amadeus Gas Pipeline and to Alice Springs by an oil pipeline. It was discovered in 1963 and began production in 1984. Since then it has produced over 16 million barrels of oil and condensate and over 240 billion cubic feet of natural gas (250 PJ). Production in 2014 was 225,600 barrels of oil, 41,000 BOE of condensate and 5 PJ of natural gas.[12]

Since September 2015, the oil and gas field has been operated by Central Petroleum. Central is 50% owner with a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank owning the other 50% since 2017 when it bought that share from Santos Limited.[12]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Mereeenie (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mereenie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Mereenie Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "Mereeenie". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary WATARRKA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. Beavan, Katrina (26 February 2018). "Northern Territory's largest onshore gas producer to increase exploration". NT Country Hour. ABC News. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. "Mereenie". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  10. "MacDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. Chlanda, Erwin (4 June 2017). "Will Loop Road take Alice back to tourism top?". Alice Springs News Online. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. "Mereenie Oil and Gas Field". Central Petroleum. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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