A001031 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-27 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-04-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001031b.htm ABN: 49 000 018 566 corporateBody Esso Australia Limited AACR2 1927 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Melbourne, Victoria Petrochemical Industry Esso Australia was established in 1927. The company is involved in petroleum exploration and production and is an subsidiary of oil and gas company ExxonMobil. Krins, Anthony (Tony)

Worked on the Bass Strait oil and gas project 1964 - 1968

 Glomar III - Global Marine Co. drill-ship (1962 - c. 1970)

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 'Esso Australia Limited', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Esso Australia Limited Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Film: Wild cats and white horses: Newsreel on the beginning of Australia's oil industry from 1966 Cox, Cyril [director, photographer]; Stacey, Bill [editing]; McConnachie, David [sound recording] Wild cats and white horses: Newsreel on the beginning of Australia's oil industry from 1966 Australia Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Limited 1967 YouTube Newspaper Article: The obstetrician at the birth of an industry Anon The obstetrician at the birth of an industry ExxonMobil 2020 Connection - ExxonMobil 136 4-5 Newspaper Article: In Action! - Esso Exploration's first offshore well is spudded-in in Gippsland Basin Esso Australia In Action! - Esso Exploration's first offshore well is spudded-in in Gippsland Basin 1965 Esso News 3 7 1-2 Book: The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton Thomson, Peter; Macklin, Robert The Big Fella: The rise of BHP Biliton North Sydney, New South Wales William Heinemann 2009 Book: Bass Strait: long history, bright future. Anon Bass Strait: long history, bright future. Melbourne Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd 2009 Celebrating 40 years of oil and gas production 6 Journal Article: Australian offshore drilling: past, present and future White, J. A. W. Australian offshore drilling: past, present and future Canberra CSIRO 1975 The APPEA Journal 15 1 141-146 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Bass Strait oil and gas records assembled by Dr Tony Krins BSAR03890 1964 - 1987 This collection is a small set of personal records and acquired publications relating to the work Tony Krins did for Esso Australia Ltd on the Glomar III oil and gas drilling ship 1964-1968. He was a medical student at Monash University at the time and worked in the summer vacations. Some items post-date this period and document the subsequent history of Bass Strait oil and gas fields. Digital (pdf) copies of some of the records are held in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library (archive). Some of the published items have been registered as 'Published Resources' [see below]. Included is a draft book typescript, with annotations by Krins, of Robert Murray (1987), "The Bass Strait story: A history of the discovery, development and production of the oil and gas in Gipplsand 1963-1986 by Esso and BHP" [unpublished] 215 pages, 5 pdf files; and the first 8 pages of the report "Esso Gippsland Shelf-1, Victoria: Well completion report" by Esso Exploration Australia. Inc. September 1965 [also annotated by Krins], 1 pdf file. These items can be provided upon request. 0.05 m, 20 items Print