Bream Oil and Gas Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: BHP Billiton
  • 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 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]]]

+++ 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