Wandoo Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Vermilion
• Country: Australia
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• Type: Oil / Gas
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Description

• Wandoo field is located approximately 80 kilometres north-west of the town of Karratha.
• The field consists of the Wandoo A Unmanned Monopod; Wandoo B Production Platform and a Single Point Tanker Mooring and Offloading Facility. Wandoo B is a concrete gravity structure connected to Wandoo A by an undersea pipeline.
• Oil is stored in the concrete structure supporting the Wandoo B processing facilities and then offloaded through flexible pipelines to a CALM Buoy located 1.2 kilometres north of the Wandoo B platform.
• A floating hose is used in transferring the oil from the CALM Buoy to export tankers situated at a mooring facility.

Contractors

• ICON Engineering:
  • Feasibility of a platform extension with tensioned conductors
  • Operating and Abandonment Liability Assessment

History

• 1997 - Platform installed
• 2007 - Vermilion increased its stake to 100%

Links

1. Offshore Oil And Gas Production Platforms In Australia
2. Icon Engineering Platform References
3. Vermilion Energy Trust – Wandoo Acquisition