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 is estimated to be approximately A$120 million, with additional investment to upgrade the plant to accept gas from Nexus’ Longtom fields.
Facility Details
The Patricia-Baleen gas processing plant is located near Orbost. Processing consists of separation, compression, dehydration, and recovery of liquid hydrocarbon condensate. Sales gas is then transported to the Jemena Eastern Gas Pipeline and condensate to the Shell Geelong Refinery.
The plant currently processes gas from Nexus’ offshore Longtom development in the VIC/L23 permit area, 19 kilometres south-west of the Patricia and Baleen wells. Plant throughput is approximately 68 terajoules per day however the plant has been sized to process 100 terajoules per day in anticipation of gas from other suppliers in the region.
Community Advisory Committee
The Patricia-Baleen Community Advisory Committee is a regular forum in which Santos provides an update on activities at the Patricia-Baleen gas plant, and community questions and issues can be discussed.
Details of upcoming meetings are advertised in the Snowy River Mail.
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 11 December 2012
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 11 December 2012
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 25 July 2012
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 25 July 2012
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 28 March 2012
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 28 March 2012
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 16 November 2011
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 16 November 2011
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 26 May 2010
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 26 May 2010
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 4 August 2010
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 4 August 2010
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 8 December 2010
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 8 December 2010
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 23 March 2011
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 23 March 2011
Minutes: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 13 July 2011
Presentation: Community Advisory Committee meeting, 13 July 2011
Fact Sheets
Download the Patricia-Baleen Gas Plant Project Update June 2010
Read about Santos’ community programs relating to Patricia-Baleen