COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Sections 226 and 708
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF A PIPELINE LICENCE –
PIPELINE LICENCE VIC/PL29 (5DV7JM)
I, STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR, Delegate of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth–Victoria Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby give notice pursuant to sections 226 and 708 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (the Act) that an application has been received from
Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd
(ACN 091 829 819)
Woodside Energy (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd
(ACN 004 228 004)
for the variation of Pipeline Licence VIC/PL29 in the offshore area of Victoria, as set out below.
Pursuant to subsection 226(3) of the Act, 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 on 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–VICTORIA
OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF
PIPELINE LICENCE VIC/PL29
The application seeks to affect the following amendments to the licence:
- The FIRST SCHEDULE (Route of the Pipeline) is varied by deleting all the current text and replacing with the following:
The route of the pipeline is described in the table below, and displayed in the map below (Attachment A), commencing at tie-in spool at the Blackback Subsea Facility and terminating at the cut spool location at the Mackerel platform.
ID | DESCRIPTION | Easting (m) | Northing (m) |
1 | Blackback Subsea Tie-in spool | 635485.00 | 5733081.00 |
2 | Inflection Point 01 | 635500.14 | 5733067.29 |
3 | Inflection Point 02 | 635447.18 | 5733075.04 |
4 | Inflection Point 03 | 635481.00 | 5733046.00 |
5 | Inflection Point 04 | 625025.28 | 5730540.03 |
6 | Inflection Point 05 | 622296.47 | 5734420.09 |
7 | Inflection Point 06 | 620792.03 | 5735110.66 |
8 | Inflection Point 07 | 617196.88 | 5740187.72 |
9 | Inflection Point 08 | 617157.83 | 5740175.00 |
10 | Cut spool location Mackerel platform | 617126.00 | 5740174.00 |
Coordinate set above is based on GDA 94/MGA Zone 55, survey of pipeline centreline.
2. The SECOND SCHEDULE of the Licence is varied by:
- deleting the following text under item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction – Steel Pipe:
, and except for the riser pipework,
b. deleting the following text under item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction – Flexible Pipe:
The 107 m long flexible riser is fabricated from Rilsan composite material and has a pressure containing sheath.
c. deleting the following text under item (ii), Part B – Protective Coating:
Protection of the flexible riser shall be by means of a protective caisson attached to the Mackerel Platform, as detailed in the specifications accompanying the pipeline licence application.
d. deleting the text under Part C – Cathodic Protection:
The materials used in the pipeline shall conform to the following specifications.
(a) An insulating joint shall be installed at the platform end of the pipeline.
(b) Sacrificial anodes in the form of aluminium bracelets 1040 mm long by 40 mm thick, net weight 90 kg, shall be installed and spaced 525 metres apart on the carrier pipe.
The rest of the SECOND SCHEDULE remains as stated in the licence instrument dated 11 December 1998 and as varied 6 October 2020.
Attachment A