Application for Grant of a Pipeline Licence (Wilcox Pipeline) – Offshore Area of Western Australia

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Section 708

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF A PIPELINE LICENCE (WILCOX PIPELINE) – OFFSHORE AREA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

I, STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR, Delegate of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth–Western Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby give notice pursuant to section 708 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that an application has been received from

Woodside Energy Ltd.

(ACN 005 482 986)

Woodside Energy (North West Shelf) Pty Ltd

(ACN 004 514 489)

BP Developments Australia Pty. Ltd. 

(ACN 081 102 856)

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

(ACN 086 197 757)

Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty. Ltd.

(ACN 006 303 180)

Shell Australia Pty Ltd

(ACN 009 663 576)

for the grant of a pipeline licence for the conveyance of petroleum in the offshore area of Western Australia, as set out below.

A person may make a written submission to the Titles Administrator about this application within 30 days from the date of this notice.

This notice takes effect on the day in which it appears in the

Australian Government Gazette.

Made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

of the Commonwealth of Australia.

STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR 

DELEGATE OF THE TITLES ADMINISTRATOR

ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY

ROUTE OF THE PIPELINE

The pipeline route is described in the table hereunder and displayed in the attached map (Attachment 1), commencing at the Universal Connection System at the Wilcox A (WCA) Manifold to the Wilcox outlet Flowline End Termination (FLET) within a corridor of ±200 m (±100 m centred on the flowline). For the majority of the route the flexible flowline and the umbilical will be separated by a typical separation of 50 m. The flexible flowline and umbilical take a generally direct path in a north-easterly direction from the WCA manifold to the Wilcox outlet FLET.

All work associated with Wilcox development is as per the following coordinate system:

• Geodetic Datum: Geodetic Datum of Australia (GDA94)
• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
• Vertical Datum: LAT or MSL (m)

Wilcox Flowline – Route Coordinates

SPECIFICATIONS

Design and Construction

Manufacturing of the flexible pipe structure is in accordance with API 17J and supplemented by

TechnipFMC standard manufacturing procedures and Woodside specifications.

The design, materials qualifications, fabrication, repair, control procedures and QA/QC system of

TechnipFMC flexible pipe structure has “Type Approval” by Bureau Veritas. It applies to static and

dynamic, sweet and sour service applications.

The issue of this certification for Type Approval was based upon validation of the design software with the results of full-scale tests performed on multiple TechnipFMC flexible pipe structures.

Two different pressure sheath materials are selected. TP37 (PVDF) has a higher maximum design temperature limit and will be used for the sections of the flowline closer to WCA. TP35 (PE) has a lower maximum design temperature limit and will be used for the remainder of the flowline. The flexible pipe layers are typical and may be subject to update.

Basis of Design

The pipeline design is based on the following parameters:

Preliminary Production Flowline Section Lengths

Attachment 1