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Blacktip Operations

Activity type Operation of a facility for the recovery or processing of petroleum
Activity subtypes Operation of a petroleum pipeline
Drilling
Lifecycle Classification Operation & Production
Submitted by Eni Australia B.V.
Submission date 23 April, 2024
Subtype Revision
Decision date
RMS ID 7818
Status Under assessment (with titleholder)
Link to previously accepted EP 4796 - Blacktip Operations
Contact
Joe Covic
Phone: 08 9320 2611
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Location map - Activity: Blacktip Operations (refer to description)
Description

Eni Australia Limited operates the Blacktip facilities, approximately 300 km west-south-west of Darwin, located in Lease Area WA-33-L, within Commonwealth waters in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. The field commenced production in 2009. The facilities consist of a well-head platform, three producing wells, flowlines and a subsea gas export pipeline bringing gas, condensate and produced water to the Yelcherr Gas Plant near Wadeye in the Northern Territory. Additionally, stabilised condensate is stored on site at the YGP before being exported via subsea 12” Condensate Export Pipeline to a Single Point Mooring, located approximately 7 km offshore in Commonwealth waters, for loading to tankers and subsequent transport to market.
The Operational Area includes the Blacktip WHP, the Gas Export Pipeline (GEP) from Blacktip WHP to the Territory water boundary, the SPM and the Condensate Export Pipeline (CEP) from SPM to the Territory water boundary.
Blacktip Offshore Operational activities are generally limited to WHP normal (unmanned) production operations, which is controlled via telemetry from the YGP Central Control Room (CCR); inspection, maintenance and repair activities to topsides; inspection, maintenance and repair activities to subsea infrastructure (including surveys such as side-scan sonar, diving and Remotely Operated Vehicle); periodic tanker vessel off-takes of condensate from the SPM; and rigless well intervention activities.
The WHP is designed to operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, on an ‘unmanned’ basis. Blacktip field has an estimated minimum production life of 25 years and an installation design life of 30 Years. This submission is a five-year revision of the existing Operations EP as required by regulation 28(2).

Other Details
Locations Northern Territory
Commonwealth waters adjacent to Northern Territory
Titles (or other instruments) WA-33-L
WA-15-PL
NT/PL2
NT/PL3
Current Documents (Under assessment)
EP Document


OPEP Document


OSMP Document


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