Moomba, South Australia
| Moomba Gidgealpa, South Australia | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 28°06′30″S 140°12′10″E / 28.10838°S 140.202893°E | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5710 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Pastoral Unincorporated Area | ||||||||
| Region | Far North | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||
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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. 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.