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=== Summary Information ===
 
=== Summary Information ===
* Operator: BHP Billiton
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* Operator: Woodside
 
* Country: Australia
 
* Country: Australia
 
* Location: Offshore, Bass Strait
 
* Location: Offshore, Bass Strait
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=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
 
* The field utilises a two Platforms, the Bream A a steel platform and Bream B, a concrete gravity structure
 
* 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 Fortescue Cobia And Mackerel Oil And Gas Fields | Halibut Platform]]] and transfered from there to shore by a subsea pipeline.  
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* Oil is sent to the [[Halibut Fortescue Cobia And Mackerel Oil And Gas Fields | 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]]]
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* 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 ===
 
=== Contractors ===

Revision as of 18:18, 4 January 2023

Summary Information

  • Operator: Woodside
  • 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

  1. Offshore Oil And Gas Production Platforms In Australia
  2. Global Maritime Pipeline References
  3. BHP Billiton Approves Bream Gas Pipeline in Bass Strait
  4. BHP Billiton Announces Commencement of Bream Pipeline