Moomba, South Australia

Moomba
Gidgealpa[1]South Australia
Moomba is located in South Australia
Moomba
Moomba
Coordinates28°06′30″S 140°12′10″E / 28.10838°S 140.202893°E / -28.10838; 140.202893[2]
Postcode(s)5710
Elevation39 m (128 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Pastoral Unincorporated Area[1]
RegionFar North[3]
State electorate(s)Stuart
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp[4] Mean min temp[4] Annual rainfall[5]
29.5 °C
85 °F
15.5 °C
60 °F
205.7 mm
8.1 in

Moomba is a restricted access company town located in the Australian state of South Australia within the gazetted locality of Gidgealpa about 770 kilometres (480 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide.[1] It is operated by Santos Limited for the purpose of exploration and processing of natural gas found in and recovered from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins.

There are a number of partners and contractors on the site including Bureau Veritas, O&G Solutions, SGS, Gearhart, Broadspectrum, OneSteel, Origin Energy, Diversified Construction, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, ProTechnics a Division of Corelab, GPA Engineering, SAGE Automation and Cactus Wellhead.

  1. ^ a b c "Search result for "Gidgealpa (LOCB)" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Search results for 'Moomba, LOCU' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and localities', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Far North SA Government Region" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference climate1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference climate2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).