COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Sections 226 and 708
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
VARIATION OF PIPELINE LICENCE VIC/PL24
(WHITING TO SNAPPER) (QH467Z)
I, STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR, the Delegate of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth-Victoria Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby vary Pipeline Licence VIC/PL24, dated 31 August 1989 (the Licence), for which:
Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd
(ACN 091 829 819)
Woodside Energy (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd
(ACN 004 228 004)
are the registered titleholders, as set out below.
The variation takes effect on the day on which this notice of variation is published 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
VARIATION OF
PIPELINE LICENCE VIC/PL24
- The FIRST SCHEDULE of the Licence is varied by deleting the current text and replacing it with the following:
FIRST SCHEDULE
ROUTE OF PIPELINE
The route of the pipeline is described in the table below, and displayed in the map below (Attachment A), commencing at the subsea cut location near the Whiting platform and terminating at the first flange upstream of the First Valve On (FVO) on the Snapper platform.
ID | Description | Easting (mE) | Northing (mN) |
1 | Subsea cut location near the Whiting Platform | 576467.40 | 5767190.31 |
2 | Inflection Point 04 | 578905.00 | 5769627.67 |
3 | Inflection Point 05 | 589635.00 | 5772160.00 |
4 | Inflection Point 06 | 589761.69 | 5772176.96 |
5 | Inflection Point 07 | 589765.60 | 5772183.01 |
6 | Inflection Point 08 | 589772.64 | 5772184.81 |
7 | SNA600 Gas Pipeline Crossing | 589772.94 | 5772183.70 |
8 | MLB450 Gas Pipeline Crossing | 589774.80 | 5772180.77 |
9 | Inflection Point 09 | 589776.15 | 5772178.23 |
10 | FVO Snapper Manifold | 589784.40 | 5772179.25 |
Coordinate set above is based on GDA 94/MGA Zone 55, survey of pipeline centreline
- The VIC/PL24 Pipeline Route Map is deleted and replaced with the map at Attachment A.
- The SECOND SCHEDULE of the Licence remains unchanged.
SECOND SCHEDULE
SPECIFICATION
- Design
The pipeline design is based on the following parameters –
- one 250 mm nominal diameter pipeline for the conveyance of liquid hydrocarbons;
- a flow rate of 2600 sm3/d (0.016 MMbbl/d) of liquid hydrocarbons;
- a maximum internal design pressure of 21,000 kPag;
- a design temperature of 60⁰C;
- a specific gravity of 2.6 for the 273.1 mm x 20.6 mm pipeline (including contents);
- a pipeline length of approximately 14.6 km.
- Materials of Construction
- Steel Pipe
The line pipe shall be in accordance with the requirements of the American Petroleum Institute Specification – API Spec 5L, 36th Edition for Grade B seamless pipe and Esso Australia Limited supplemental pipe specification accompanying the pipeline licence application, and the pipeline shall have the dimensions 273.1 mm O.D. with 20.6 mm W.T.
Attachment A