Prohibition of Entry into a Petroleum Safety Zone - Notice A381705

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Notice: A381705

 

 

Commonwealth of Australia

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006

PROHIBITION OF ENTRY INTO A PETROLEUM SAFETY ZONE

 

 

I, Jeremy Dunster, a representative of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority [NOPSEMA], pursuant to section 616 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, hereby prohibit all vessels other than vessels under the control of INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd the registered holders of WA-50-L and vessels operated by authorised persons who are exercising powers under section 615(1) of Division 1 of Part 6.6 of the above Act from entering or being present in the area of the petroleum safety zones without the consent in writing of NOPSEMA.

 

The petroleum safety zones extend to a distance of 500 metres, measured from each point of the outer edge of the Brewster Drill Centres (BDC) as described in Table 1 and shown in Figure 1 below.

 

Table 1 – Brewster Drill Centre Petroleum Safety Zones

 

Petroleum Safety Zone Centres (GDA94)

Drill Centre

LATITUDE S

LONGITUDE E

BDC-1A

13° 51’ 42.32

123° 16’ 22.23

BDC-1B

13° 50’ 48.66

123° 19’ 13.67

BDC-1C

13° 52’ 46.44

123° 19’ 04.33

BDC-4

13° 54’ 17.84”

123° 09’ 53.01”

BDC-5

13° 49’ 29.27”

123° 12’ 47.85”

Legend

MDB

Mid Depth Buoy

RSS

Riser Support Structure

CPF

Central Processing Facility

MDB

Mid Depth Buoy

 

 

Figure 1 – Brewster Drill Centre Petroleum Safety Zones

 

 

A petroleum safety zone also extends to a distance of 500 metres, measured from each point of the outer edge of the equipment and structures contained within the area identified by coordinates in Table 2 and shown in Figure 2 below including the:

  • lchthys permanently moored Semi- Submersible Central Processing Facility (CPF) (136m x 165m), and;
  • Subsea infrastructure supporting and connecting flexibles to the permanently moored Floating, Storage and Offtake Facility (FPSO) turret (from CPF), and;
  • Flexible Risers connecting Flowlines to CPF topsides, supported at mid- length by 130m tall Riser Support Structure (RSS), and;
  • FLETs connecting seabed flexible section of condensate transfer line which rises to the FPSO turret via MDB to rigid lines, and;
  • Hydrocarbon Transfer lines between CPF and FPSO.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2 – Ichthys Production Facilities Petroleum Safety Zone Boundary

Petroleum Safety Zone Boundary (GDA94)

No.

LATITUDE S

LONGITUDE E

PSZ1

13° 58’ 07.75

123° 19 16.73”

PSZ2

13° 57’ 41.25

123° 19 21.76”

PSZ3

13° 56’ 56.01”

123° 18 41.47”

PSZ4

13° 56’ 11.66”

123° 18 08.46”

PSZ5

13° 55’ 48.22”

123° 17 54.85”

PSZ6

13° 55’ 40.58”

123° 17 32.34”

PSZ7

13° 56’ 01.85”

123° 17 24.58”

PSZ8

13° 56’ 27.29”

123° 17 35.15”

PSZ9

13° 57’ 12.23”

123° 18 03.91”

PSZ10

13° 58’ 06.82”

123° 18 42.08”

Legend

FLETS

Flow Line End Terminations

PRB

Production riser Base

CPF

Central Processing Facility

FPSO

Floating Production, Storage and Offload facility

MDB

Mid Depth Buoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Table 2 – Ichthys Production Facilities Petroleum Safety Zone Boundary

 

The petroleum safety zones will be valid from 15 October 2014, and continue until revoked by notice published in the gazette.

 

Where an unauthorised vessel enters or remains in the safety zone specified in contravention of this notice, the owner and the person in command or in charge of the vessel are each guilty of an offence against Section 616 of the Act and are punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for a term:

  • not exceeding 15 years if the breach is determined as intentional.
  • not exceeding 12.5 years if the breach is determined as recklessness.
  • not exceeding 10 years if the breach is determined as negligence.
  • not exceeding 5 years if the breach is determined as an offence of strict liability.

 

Dated this 19th day of September 2014.

 

Made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 of the Commonwealth of Australia.

 

 

 

Jeremy Dunster, Manager Assessment &Inspection

Pursuant to the Instrument of delegation dated 28 July 2014

National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority

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