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Wandoo Facility

Activity type Operation of a facility for the recovery or processing of petroleum
Activity subtypes Any other petroleum-related activity
Lifecycle Classification Operation & Production
Submitted by Vermilion Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd
Submission date 10 September, 2020
Subtype Revision
Decision date 19 May, 2021
RMS ID 5378
Status Finalised
Outcome Accepted
Link to previously accepted EP 3703 - Wandoo Facility
Contact
Namek Jivan
Phone: +61 8 9215 0304
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Location map - Activity: Wandoo Facility (refer to description)
Description

Vermilion Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd (VOGA) is the licensed permit holder of production licence area WA-14L, which contains the Wandoo Production Facility. The Permit Area is located in Commonwealth waters in the Carnarvon Basin off the northwest coast of Western Australia, approximately 80 km northwest of Dampier and 110 km northeast of Barrow Island in water depths of approximately 54 m.

The Wandoo Field was discovered in 1991. Extraction of crude oil commenced in 1993 from a single unmanned monopod wellhead platform (Wandoo A) supporting a helideck and five production wells. In 1997, the Wandoo B production platform was installed and connected to Wandoo A by a subsea production pipeline.

The Wandoo B production platform is supported on four concrete shafts that are attached to a Concrete Gravity Structure (CGS) that is comprised of ballast, product storage and water cells. The CGS sits on the seabed.

The oil produced from Wandoo A is piped to the Wandoo B production platform. Oil is stored and then offloaded through flexible pipelines to a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) Buoy located 1.2 km north of the Wandoo B platform. A floating hose is used to transfer the oil from the CALM Buoy to export tankers moored to the CALM Buoy. Export tankers are chartered to offload the oil approximately every three to five weeks, depending on production rates and market requirements. Duration of export activity is typically 24-48 hours depending on the export cargo size and transfer rate.

VOGA has been operating in the Permit Area since 2005.

Other Details
Locations North West
Commonwealth waters adjacent to Western Australia
Titles (or other instruments) WA-14L
Current Documents (Finalised)
EP Document


OPEP Document


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Previous EP Documents (Under assessment)
EP Document


OPEP Document


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