Minerva Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BHP Billiton
- Country: Australia
- Location: offshore Otway Basin, Victoria
- Production start: 2005
- Partners: Santos
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 301 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
- Production Volume:
Description
- Minerva is a natural gas field with a small amount of liquid condensate.
- The field contains estimated proven and probable gas reserves of 301 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas. It also contains 1.24 million barrels of liquids
- The Minerva development involved the drilling and installation of two subsea well completions in 60 metres of water
- A single flowline transports the gas to the coast, through a subterranean shore crossing to an onshore gas processing facility
- The gas plant has a gross design production capacity of 150 terajoules of gas per day
Contractors
- Process Group: Refrigeration and Gas Chiller Package
History
- 2002 - Final investment decision taken
- 2005 - First gas produced
- 2013 - Well #2 was shut down
Geology
Links
- Minerva Operations
- Process Group Oil And Gas Processing References
- BHP Billiton Approves Minerva Gas Development in Victoria
- BHP Billiton Announces First Gas From Minerva Development In Australia
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