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.

Download the minutes from the 26 May 2010 Community Advisory Committee meeting
Download the presentation from the 26 May 2010 Community Advisory Committee meeting