Application for Variation of a Pipeline Licence – Pipeline Licence VIC/PL8 (5MZC5N)

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/PL8 (5MZC5N)

I, STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR, the 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/PL8 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/PL8

The application seeks to affect the following amendments to the licence:

1. 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 cut spool location at the Mackerel platform and terminating at the first flange upstream of the First Valve On (FVO) on the Halibut A platform.

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:

1. deleting the following text under the fourth and fifth paragraph in item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction – Steel Pipe:

The first sections of both the export riser on MKA and the import riser on HLA are fabricated from A106 Grade B sour service seamless CS line-pipe between the pig launcher/receiver and the first riser flange. The first sections have an external diameter of 323.9 mm and a wall thickness of 21.44 mm. The rest of the riser section are made from API-X52 sour service seamless CS line-pipe, have a diameter of 323.9 mm and a wall thickness of 19.05 mm.

The lower section of the risers have 1-1.5 mm UHB epoxy coating. The export riser splash zone at MKA is wrapped in a 12.7 mm CS sleeve and a 5 mm Monel sleeve. The import riser splash zone at HLA is wrapped in a 12.7 mm CS sleeve.

b.        deleting the following text under item (ii), Part B – Protective Coating:

Protection of the riser shall be maintained with a coating in accordance with the coating Specification No. 4.3 – Protective Coatings for Onshore Plants, Offshore Platforms and other Marine Specifications or other systems.

c.         deleting the text under Part C – Cathodic Protection:

(a)   Insulation flanges and gaskets shall be maintained on the pipeline in accordance with the construction specifications accompanying the original pipeline licence application.

(b)   Sacrificial anodes in the form of zinc bracelets shall be installed, spaced and maintained as detailed in the construction specifications and cathodic protection design, or other systems that are approved from time to time by the said Director.

The rest of the SECOND SCHEDULE remains as stated in the licence instrument dated 30 June 1975 and as varied on 6 October 2020.

Attachment A