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Project - Griffin Development

Description of project

The Griffin Development consists of the Griffin, Scindian and Chinook reservoirs. First oil was produced in 1994 and production ceased in 2009, with well abandonment undertaken in 2018.
The Griffin Development is situated within production licence WA-10-L located on the North West Shelf in Commonwealth waters in depths of about 130 m, approximately 62 km from Onslow, Western Australia.
Subsea infrastructure connected the reservoirs to the Griffin Venture floating, production storage and offtake (FPSO) facility, which was installed on a riser turret mooring. Oil was exported from the FPSO to export tankers, and gas was exported via a pipeline to the onshore Tubridgi Gas Plant.
The Griffin Development is now in non-production phase and the FPSO has been removed. At the cessation of production, flowlines were flushed with treated seawater. Ongoing operations include periodic surface and subsea inspections of the remaining subsea infrastructure.
Full-field decommissioning of the remaining infrastructure will be undertaken at a future point in time and will be subject to separate approvals for this phase of activities.


Company: BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd
Title(s) WA-10-L

Contact
Name Ms Natalee Connor
Position Principal Corporate Affairs
Telephone 1800110258
Email bhppetexternalaffairs@bhp.com
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Project map - Griffin Development (refer to Description)

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Activities for this project

Organisation Activity Type Activity name Status
Woodside Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd Decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility Griffin Decommissioning and Field Management Stopped
Woodside Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd Decommissioning, dismantling or removing a pipeline Griffin Gas Export Pipeline Decommissioning Started
Woodside Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd Decommissioning, dismantling or removing a facility Griffin Field Decommissioning Pending titleholder notification

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