Bream Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BHP Billiton
- Country: Australia
- Location: Offshore, Bass Strait
- Production start: 1988
- Partners: BHP Billiton / Exxon
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The field utilises a two Platforms, the Bream A a steel platform and Bream B, a concrete gravity structure
- Oil is sent to the Halibut Platform and transfered from there to shore by a subsea pipeline.
- A 51km gas pipeline runs 46km offshore from the Bream A platform, across the Gippsland coast near Paradise beach and then continues a further 5km onshore to the Longford Gas Conditioning Plant
Contractors
- Global Maritime: Warranty surveyor for launch, tow and installation of two gas pipelines
History
- 1969 - The Bream oil and gas field was discovered
- 1988 - Oil production starts
- 2002 - Gas production begins with the completion of the Bream Gas Pipeline
Geology
Links
- Offshore Oil And Gas Production Platforms In Australia
- Global Maritime Pipeline References
- BHP Billiton Approves Bream Gas Pipeline in Bass Strait
- BHP Billiton Announces Commencement of Bream Pipeline
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