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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


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

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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/


mailto:[email protected]

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


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

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