an oil and gas exploration and production company based in adelaide australia . formerly known as beach petroleum the company changed its name to beach energy in december 2009 . 1 it is a component of the s & p asx 100 index of major australian companies . beach was established in 1961 2 however for many years it was not very successful . after eventually making some discoveries in the cooper basin beach now holds interests in production joint ventures in the cooper eromanga basin the basker manta gummy joint venture offshore gippsland basin and the tipton west joint venture in the surat basin . in 2014 beach energy is the largest onshore oil producer in australia . 3 in march 2015 it was announced that incoming beach energy managing director rob cole will assume leadership of the company three months earlier than expected after freeing himself of commitments at his previous firm woodside petroleum . 4 references edit beach atco deal may lead to new sa gas fired power plant the advertiser 8 december 2009 . accessed 20 july 2014 . http search.asic.gov.au cgi bin gns030c acn 007 617 969 & juris 9 & hdtext acn & srchsrc 1 experts needed to develop new oil and gas prospects sunday mail 2 august 2014 . accessed 3 august 2014 . beach energy boss departing next week . petro global news . retrieved 3 march 2015 . external links edit official website asx website information about beach energy v t e s & p asx 50 companies of australia s & p asx 200 agl energy amcor amp apa asciano aurizon anz asx bhp billiton brambles caltex australia coca cola amatil commonwealth bank computershare crown csl dexus goodman gpt incitec pivot iag james hardie lend lease macquarie medibank mirvac national australia bank newcrest mining oil search orica origin energy qbe insurance ramsay health care rio tinto santos scentre seek sonic healthcare south32 stockland suncorp sydney airport holdings telstra transurban vicinity wesfarmers westfield westpac woodside petroleum woolworths this article about a natural gas or petroleum related company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beach energy & oldid 705673602 categories companies listed on the australian securities exchangeoil companies of australiapetroleum company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 18 february 2016 at 22 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view