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/PL17 (RH95WT)
I, STEVEN ROBERT TAYLOR, 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/PL17 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/PL17
The application seeks to affect the following amendments to the licence:
- The FIRST SCHEDULE of the Licence is varied by deleting the current text and table below the heading “FIRST SCHEDULE – (Route of the 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 (Attachment A), commencing at cut spool location at the Flounder A platform and terminating at the first flange upstream of the First Valve On (FVO) on the Tuna A platform.
ID | DESCRIPTION | Easting (m) | Northing (m) |
1 | Cut spool location at Flounder platform | 625859.5 | 5758705.0 |
2 | Inflection Point 01 | 625866.6 | 5758705.4 |
3 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 1 begin | 625869.6 | 5758720.0 |
4 | Inflection Point 02 | 625873.3 | 5758735.3 |
5 | Inflection Point 03 | 625867.5 | 5758784.4 |
6 | Inflection Point 04 | 625833.0 | 5758787.0 |
7 | Inflection Point 05 | 625876.0 | 5758799.0 |
8 | Inflection Point 06 | 625783.0 | 5758817.0 |
9 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 1 End | 625783.0 | 5758820.5 |
10 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 2 Begin | 625829.0 | 5762200.6 |
11 | Inflection Point 07 | 625829.0 | 5762223.0 |
12 | Inflection Point 08 | 625863.0 | 5762244.0 |
13 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 2 End | 625863.7 | 5762252.3 |
14 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 3 Begin | 626088.7 | 5765623.2 |
15 | Inflection Point 09 | 626086.7 | 5765652.0 |
16 | Inflection Point 10 | 626118.3 | 5765644.9 |
17 | Flexible Pipeline – Section 3 End | 626115.6 | 5765674.0 |
18 | West Tuna Fluid Umbilical Crossing | 625459.8 | 5772194.2 |
19 | KPA350 South Gas Pipeline Crossing | 625455.8 | 5772214.9 |
20 | KPA350 North Gas Pipeline Crossing | 625446.1 | 5772265.8 |
21 | West Tuna Electrical Umbilical Crossing | 625441.2 | 5772291.4 |
22 | Inflection Point 11 | 625214.0 | 5773082.0 |
23 | Inflection Point 12 | 624587.1 | 5774202.3 |
24 | Inflection Point 13 | 624365.9 | 5774389.1 |
25 | FVO Tuna Manifold | 624358.2 | 5774389.1 |
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:
- Deleting the following text in the first paragraph of item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction – Steel Pipe:
and except for the riser pipe
b. deleting the following text under the second paragraph of item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction – Steel Pipe:
Three flexible jumpers of 254 mm I.D., 330.8 mm O.D. Wellstream sour service flexible jumper with ANSI 900# RTJ flanged end fitting assemblies. The said riser pipe shall have the dimensions 273.1 mm O.D. and 18.3 mm W.T. with 11.1 mm W.T. API 5L X65 bends.
c. deleting the following text under item (ii), Part B – Protective Coating:
In the splash zone, the risers are protected by a 12.7 mm carbon steel sleeve and a 5 mm Monel sheath.
d. deleting the text under Part C – Cathodic Protection:
(a) Insulating flanges and gaskets shall be maintained on the pipeline in accordance with the Construction Specifications accompanying the original pipeline licence application.
(b) Transformer rectifier units on the Tuna platform and the Flounder platform shall provide protection to the subsea portion of the pipeline.
(c) Sacrificial anodes in the form of zinc bracelets shall be installed, spaced and maintained as detailed in the construction specifications and cathodic protection design.
The rest of the SECOND SCHEDULE remains as stated in the licence instrument dated 10 August 1983 and as varied 8 May 2020.
Attachment A
