Patricia-Baleen

Location

VIC/L21 permit, Gippsland Basin, 23 kilometres offshore the north-eastern coast of Victoria, south of the town of Orbost.

Participants

Santos – 100%

Discovered

The fields are adjacent but separate structures and were discovered through the drilling of the Baleen 1 exploration well in 1981 and Patricia 1 exploration well in 1987.

First Production

Gas production commenced in 2003.

Cost to Develop

Total investment to is estimated to be approximately A$120 million.

Facility Details

The offshore development consists of two subsea development wells with a 12-inch gas pipeline and umbilical cable connecting them to the onshore Patricia-Baleen gas plant.

The Patricia-Baleen gas processing plant is located near Orbost. Processing consists of separation, compression and dehydration. Sales gas is then transported to the Alinta Eastern Gas Pipeline.

Current capacity is approximately 43 terajoules per day however the plant has been sized to process 75 terajoules per day in anticipation of gas from other suppliers in the region.

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