COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Sections 226 and 708
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF A PIPELINE LICENCE – T/PL3 THYLACINE PIPELINE
I, GRAEME ALBERT WATERS, the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth–Tasmania Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby give notice pursuant to sections 226 and 708 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 that an application has been received from
Beach Energy (Operations) Limited
(ACN 007 845 338)
Beach Energy (Otway) Limited
(ACN 099 899 395)
OGOG (Otway) Pty Ltd
(ACN 628 946 752)
for the variation of Pipeline Licence T/PL3 in the offshore area of Tasmania, 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.
GRAEME ALBERT WATERS
TITLES ADMINISTRATOR
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH–TASMANIA
OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF
PIPELINE LICENCE T/PL3
The variation application seeks to give effect to the following amendments to the licence:
Route of Pipeline
- The Route of the Pipeline is varied by deleting all the current text and replacing with the following:
“The pipeline shall commence from the downstream flange of the last valve off the Thylacine wellhead platform (Easting 664 147, Northing 5 655 174) proceeding to the administrative border of the offshore areas of Tasmania and Victoria (Easting 665 069, Northing 5 659 452).
Coordinates are based on Geodetic Datum of Australia (GDA94).
Feature Name | KP | Easting | Northing |
Downstream flange of the last valve off the Thylacine wellhead platform | - | 664 147 | 5 655 174 |
Thylacine Lay Target | 0.0 | 664 122 | 5 655 212 |
Pipeline Corrosion Monitoring (PCM) Spool Location | 0.24 | 664 127 | 5 655 236 |
Boundary of the offshore areas of Tasmania and Victoria * | 4.345 | 665 069 | 5 659 452 |
* the end point of the T/PL3 pipeline is immediately adjacent to the commencement point of Pipeline Licence VIC/PL36
2. The T/PL3 Petroleum Pipeline Route Map on page 4 is deleted and replaced with the map at Attachment 1.
3. In the Schedule under SPECIFICATION, section (B) Basis of Design is varied in respect to item (e) with the current text deleted and replaced with:
“(e) a pipeline length of approximately 4.3 km.”
Attachment 1