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Orbost Gas Plant Upgrade Project
Community Information Sessions
18 & 19 September 2018
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Site location
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Ownership Update
• APA Orbost Gas Plant Pty Ltd (APA) purchased the plant
and the export pipeline from Cooper Energy (CoE) in
November 2017
• APA will own and operate the gas processing plant and
the export pipeline to the meter station on Princes
Highway (Eastern Gas Pipeline connection)
• CoE will extract the raw gas from the Sole Gas fields and
supply the gas to the Orbost Gas Plant via the offshore
feed pipeline
• APA have acquired the nearest private residence at 117
Ewings Marsh Road. Nearest residence now is 27 Ewings
Marsh Road, approx. 1.5 kms north east of the plant.
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Construction Packages Update
Activity Schedule
Civil Early Works- Underground Services- Concrete Works- Earth-moving and civil finishing
Complete
Integrity Works- Integrity Inspection- Remedial works
Complete
Main Works- Concrete Works- Structural- Mechanical- Piping- Electrical- Instrumentation
April 2018 till June 2019
HDD Works- De – Watering Import Pipeline
September 2018 till February 2019
Commissioning & Start-up March 2019 till Jun 2019
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Scheduled over coming weeks
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Bass Strait Gas Fields
Sole offshore development
comprises:
• 2 subsea wells (Sole-3 and Sole-4)
in close proximity
• 65km Subsea pipeline and
umbilical ties back to the APA
owned and operated Orbost Gas
Plant
Sole offshore facilities are 100%
owned by CoE
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Sole HDD Installation
• Successful horizontal directionally
drilled (HDD) campaign complete
(April 2017 – Feb 2018)
Approx. 500 m pipe tail on seabed
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Sole Drilling and Completions
• Successful offshore drilling and
completions campaign now complete
(early May – mid August 2018)
• Included a sea rescue
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Sole Subsea Facilities Installation
• Offshore activities commenced last
week with a survey of the offshore area
• This week offshore dewatering of the
HDD section of pipeline using divers
• Both activities using the Silver Star
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Sole Subsea Facilities Installation
Seven Oceans
• Pipeline installation
• Subsea infrastructure installation
Skandi Acergy
• Umbilical installation
• Spool installation
• Pre-commissioning activities
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Plant view – from the north west
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New Plant – Sulphur Handling Area
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New plant – Thermal Oxidiser & BioReactor Tanks
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Relocated Plant – flare pad shifted to east
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New plant – power generation units
9/16/2018 14
Construction Progress
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Construction Progress
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Construction Progress
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Community Engagement - benefits for the local economy
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Construction Staff – projected schedule
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Working with the community – during construction & commissioning
• APA Construction Managers and Environmental Compliance Officer
will be on site for the construction period
• APA Health, Safety and Environment Representatives are located on
site for the duration of the construction period, and in addition a
team of Site Operators in the commissioning / operational stages
• The Downer Group mobilised to site after Easter 2018 with HSE
personnel at site and are responsible for compliance with all
approvals and permits, in addition to APA – company CEMP and
management plans
• Environmental baseline studies completed and monitoring is ongoing
during for the construction & commissioning period – air emissions,
noise, surface and ground water, and lighting
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Working with the community – ongoing activities
• APA to continue with Community Advisory Committee (CAC) and
Community Information Sessions throughout stages of the project.
• Periodic project updates to be notified through the Snowy River
Mail and Council’s website, and ABC Gippsland
• APA to continue sponsorship of local community and sporting
groups
• APA established an email address for local Expressions of Interest
for suppliers, contractors and employment
[email protected] – approx. 80 submissions to date
• APA established a project information page on the APA website -
https://www.apa.com.au/about-apa/our-projects/orbost-gas-
plant-upgrade/
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Working with the community – Council Site Visit 3 July 2018
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Working with the community – supporting local groups
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Sponsorship recipients 2018
• Orbost North Primary School
• Orbost Agricultural Society
• Far East Gippsland 8 Ball Assoc
• Orbost Cricket Club
• Orbost Snowy Rovers Football &
Netball Club
• Orbost Basketball Club
Sponsorships for 2019
• APA will seek submissions for
sponsorships in 2019 in December
2018
• Submissions will be open to
sporting, community and local
interest groups
• Focus on supporting local groups
making a difference