Cliff Head Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: ROC Oil
• Country: Australia
• Location: Perth Basin, WA-286-P
• Production start: 2006
• Partners:
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves: 80 - 100 million barrels of oil in place (“MMBOIP”)
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Cliff Head facilities are the only offshore infrastructure in the Perth Basin and consist of a jack-up installed unmanned platform, connected by 14km pipelines to onshore stabilisation plant at Arrowsmith.
• Oil is trucked 350km to the BP refinery in Kwinana.

+++ Contractors

• **Icon Engineering:**
  • Conceptual engineering design and cost estimation
  • Install, hookup and commission the wellhead platform

+++ History

• 2001 - Mitsui farmed into the licence
• 2001 - Cliff Head Oil Field discovered
• 2005 - Final Investment Decision was made and production licence was granted
• 2006 - First oil produced
• 2011 - Roc increased its stake to 42.5%

+++ Geology

• The hydrocarbon play at Cliff Head is a series of stacked Permian sandstone reservoirs within fault and dip-closed structures, sealed by the regional Kockatea Shale.

+++ Links

1. ROC, Cliff Head Oil Field
2. Offshore Oil And Gas Production Platforms In Australia
3. Icon Engineering Platform References
4. ROC Farms Out 15% of WA-286-P to Mitsui
5. Cliff Head Oil Field- Update and Future Plans
6. ROC Acquires Additional Interest in Cliff Head