Macedon Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BHP Billiton
- Country: Australia
- Location: 17 kilometers off Onslow in North West Australia
- Production start: 2013
- Partners: BHP Billiton - 71.43%, Apache - 28.57%
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 400 and 750 billion cubic feet of gas
- Production Volume:
Description
- Macedon gas development consists of four wells in approximately 180 meters (590 feet) water depth
- Recoverable reserves for the Macedon field are between 400 and 750 billion cubic feet of gas.
- Project costs will be approximately US$1.5 billion
- A sales gas pipeline will be connected to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline for sale to the domestic gas market in Western Australia
Contractors
- McDermott: EPCI - 20-inch pipeline, 8-inch main umbilical, infield umbilicals, flexible flowlines & associated subsea structures, MUTA, SUTAs, etc.), rigid jumpers, flying leads
- Oceaneering : 100 km (62 miles) of steel tube umbilicals and associated distribution equipment, including termination assemblies and flying leads
- Technip: Onshore facilities consisting of a gas plant and pipelines works
- STREICHER-Clough: Pipeline construction work - horizontal directional drilling, construction of an onshore wet gas pipeline and sales gas pipeline and umbilical installation
- Axens: Mercury removal unit
- Process Group: Water Treatment Package
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- 1 x Corrugated Plate Interceptor
- 1 x Induced Gas Flotation Unit
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History
- 2010 - BHP Billiton Approves Macedon Gas Development
- 2010 - Oceaneering awarded umbilicals contract
- 2011 - Technip awarded contract for onshore facilities
- 2011 - STREICHER-Clough awarded pipeline contract
- 2013 - First gas produced
- 2015 - Quandrant Energy acquired Apache's share
Geology
Links
- McDermott Platform References
- Process Group Oil And Gas Processing References
- Oceaneering Announces BHP Billiton Umbilical and Distribution Equipment Contract
- Technip awarded contract for onshore gas project in Australia
- STREICHER–Clough Joint Venture awarded new contract
- BHP Billiton Approves Macedon Gas Development In Western Australia
- BHP Billiton Celebrates First Gas at Macedon
- Axens’ Mercury Removal Products Selected for Macedon
- Apache Agrees To Sell Australian Operations For $2.1 Billion
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