COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Sections 226 and 708
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
VARIATION OF PIPELINE LICENCE VIC/PL29
(BLACKBACK TO MACKEREL)
I, GRAEME ALBERT WATERS, the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth–Victoria Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby vary Pipeline Licence VIC/PL29, dated 11 December 1998 (the Licence), for which:
Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd
(ABN 62 091 829 819)
BHP Billiton (Bass Strait) Pty. Ltd.
(ABN 29 004 228 004)
are the registered titleholders, as set out below.
The variation takes effect on the day on which a notice of the variation is published in the Commonwealth 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–VICTORIA
OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY
- The text of the Grant of Pipeline Licence on Page 1 is varied by:
a) deleting the words:
“hereby, subject to the conditions set out hereunder, grant to:”
b) deleting the words:
“a Pipeline Licence in respect of the route described hereunder. This Pipeline Licence has effect for a period of fifteen (15) years from the date hereof.”
and replacing with:
“the grant of Pipeline Licence VIC/PL29, in the offshore area of Victoria, subject to:
a) the conditions set out in this licence;
b) the provisions of the Act; and
c) the provisions of the Regulations;
to construct and operate a pipeline for the conveyance of petroleum, of the design, size, and capacity specified herein, along the route specified herein, in relation to the seabed specified herein, and to operate the pumping stations, tank stations, and valve stations specified in the positions herein, to have effect from and including the 11th day of December 1998.
The licensee shall at all times comply with the provisions of the Act and Regulations (amended from time to time).”
2. The ‘ROUTE OF PIPELINE’ on Page 2 of the Licence is varied by deleting the current text under the heading ‘ROUTE OF PIPELINE’
and
substituting under the heading the following:
“The route of the pipeline is described in the table below, and displayed in the map below, commencing at the tie-in spool at the Blackback Subsea Facility and terminating at the first flange upstream of the First Valve On (FVO) on the Mackerel platform.”
ID | DESCRIPTION | EASTING | NORTHING |
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 | FVO Mackerel Manifold | 617126.00 | 5740174.00 |
Coordinate set above is based on GDA94 / MGA Zone 55, survey of pipeline centreline.”
3. The ‘INTERPRETATION’ on Page 2 of the Licence is varied by deleting the current text under the heading ‘INTERPRETATION’
and
Substituting under the heading the following:
“In this document:
“the Act” means the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and includes any Act with which that Act is incorporated and words used in this document have the same respective meanings as in the Act; and
“the Regulations” means regulations made under the Act.
“Pipeline” has the meaning given in the Act.”
4. The ‘SCHEDULE’ of the Licence is varied by
a) deleting the current text under ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (A) Design
and substituting under the heading ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (A) Design the following:
“The pipeline design is based on the following parameters –
(i) one 200 mm nominal diameter pipeline for the conveyance of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons and produced water;
(ii) a flow rate of 2865 sm3/d (0.018 MMbbl/d) of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons and water;
(iii) an maximum internal design pressure of 24,400 kPag;
(iv) a design temperature of 77⁰C;
(v) a 219.1 mm O.D. x 12.7 mm wall thickness pipeline, which will be housed within a carrier pipe with an external diameter of 298.5 mm and a wall thickness of 14.3 mm;
(vi) a pipeline length of approximately 23.0 km.
b) deleting the current text under ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (B) Materials of Construction
“(i) The materials used in the pipeline shall conform to the following specifications -”
c) deleting the current text under ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (B) Materials of Construction, Flexible Pipe
and substituting under the heading the following:
“The 107 m long flexible riser is fabricated from Rilsan composite material and has a pressure containing sheath.”
d) deleting the current text under ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (B) Materials of Construction, Carrier Pipe
and substituting under the heading the following:
“The carrier pipe shall be in accordance with the requirements of the American Petroleum Institution Specification – API Spec 5L, 41st Edition for Grade X65 seamless pipe and Esso Australia Limited’s supplemental pipe specification accompanying the pipeline licence application and shall have the dimensions 298.5 mm external diameter and 14.3 mm W.T.”
e) deleting ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (B) Materials of Construction, subsection (ii) Valves and Fittings
f) amending the numbering of ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (B) Materials of Construction, subsection (iii) Protective Coating to be:
“(ii) Protective Coating”
g) deleting ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (D) Pressure Control
h) deleting ‘SPECIFICATION,’ Section (E) Control