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/PL16 (4LJS5S)

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/PL16 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/PL16

 The application seeks to affect the following amendments to the licence:

1. The FIRST SCHEDULE (Route of the Pipeline) is varied by deleting all the current text and replacing with the following:

The route of the pipeline is described in the table below, and displayed in the map below (Attachment A), commencing at the cut spool location at the Fortescue platform and terminating at the first flange upstream of the First Valve On (FVO) on the Halibut platform.

Coordinate set above is based on GDA94/MGA Zone 55, survey pipeline centreline.

2.      The SECOND SCHEDULE of the Licence is varied by:

(a)   deleting the following text in the first paragraph under item (i), Part (B) – Materials of Construction:

except for the riser pipework,

(b)   deleting the following text in the second paragraph under item (i), Part B – Materials of Construction:

The said riser paperwork shall be API Spec. 5LX, Grade X52 seamless pipe and have the dimensions 323.8 mm O.D. x 19.01 mm W.T. or other pipe that is approved from time to time by the said Director.

(c)   deleting the following text under item (ii), Part B – Protective Coating:

Protection of the riser pipework shall be maintained with a coating in accordance with the coating specification No. 4.3 Protective Coatings for Onshore Plants, Offshore Platforms and other Marine Structures or other systems.

In the splash zones, the export risers at FTA are wrapped in a 10 mm thick carbon stee sleeve and coated with a 6.00 mm thick Monel sheathing. The import riser at HLA has a 12 mm thick carbon steel sleeve and is coated with a 4.75 mm thick Monel sheathing. Below this, down to the tow coupling receiver, the risers are coated in a 6 mm thick Zebron polyutherane coating.

(d)   deleting the text under Part C – Cathodic Protection:

1. Transformer rectifier units on Fortescue and Halibut platforms shall provide protection to the subsea portion of the pipeline.

b.         Insulating flanges and gaskets shall be maintained on the pipeline in accordance with the construction. Specifications accompanying the original pipeline licence application.

c.          Provision shall be made for the connection of sacrificial anodes at the mid-length of the pipeline and 1000 metres on either side of the mid-length location as detailed in the Cathodic Protection System Design Specification which accompanied the pipeline licence application, or other systems that are approved from time to time by the said Director.

The rest of the SECOND SCHEDULE remains as stated in the licence instrument dated 24 August 1982 and as varied on 8 May 2020.

Attachment 1