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Offshore Gas Victoria Drilling Program

Activity type Drilling
Activity subtypes
Lifecycle Classification Exploration
Submitted by Beach Energy (Operations) Limited
Submission date 09 February, 2024
Subtype New
Decision date
RMS ID 7734
Status Under assessment (with titleholder)
Link to previously accepted EP
Contact
Carrie Trembath
Phone: 08 8338 2833
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Location map - Activity: Offshore Gas Victoria Drilling Program  (refer to description)
Description

Note: The location map and activity description has been updated to reflect the current submission (as at 26 July 2024).

Beach Energy (Operations) Limited (Beach), proposes to undertake Drilling and Plug-and-Abandon (P&A) Activities within Commonwealth waters of the Otway and Bass Basins.

The proposed scope of the Drilling and P&A Activities covered by this EP consists of:
• Drilling of up to five wells in Otway, consisting of:
o Up to two exploration wells in exploration licence VIC/P43
o One appraisal well in exploration licence VIC/P73
o Up to two exploration wells in exploration licence T/30P.
• Plugging, abandonment and removal of well infrastructure above the mudline for five legacy suspended subsea exploration wells:
o Thylacine 1 in T/L2
o Geographe 1 in VIC/L23
o Trefoil 1 in T/RL2
o Yolla 1 in T/L1
o White Ibis 1 in T/RL4

The Operational Areas are where planned activities will occur. Within the Operational Area drilling and plug and abandonment (P&A) activities will be undertaken within a 3 km radius around the well sites whilst the drill rig is moored on location. The 3 km radius encompasses both the outer extent of mooring equipment on the seabed, and the 500 m petroleum safety zone (PSZ).

The estimated timings for each activity are:
• Drilling: 30 - 40 days per well.
• Plug and abandonment: 15 – 20 days per well.

Activities will be conducted on a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week basis. The above timings equate to approximately 300 days of activity for the full Drilling and P&A activities and will be undertaken within the period of 1 January 2025 to the 31 December 2028.

Proposed activities will be undertaken with a single moored semi-submersible drill rig with a thruster assisted mooring system. The drill rig will be supported with up to three vessels.

Other Details
Locations Otway
Commonwealth waters adjacent to VIC
Titles (or other instruments) VIC/P73
VIC/P43
T/30P
T/RL2
T/RL4
T/L1
T/L2
VIC/L23
Current Documents (Under assessment)
EP Document


OPEP Document


OSMP Document


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Titleholder Report


Previous EP Documents (Open for comment)
EP Document


OPEP Document


OSMP Document


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Appendices