石油设备网讯 据油气杂志3月18日消息称，阿德莱德库柏能源有限公司在巴斯海峡全资拥有的Sole天然气田的海上建设阶段已经完成。
该公司表示，连接油田两口海底生产井和位于吉普斯兰东海岸奥博斯特附近的陆上加工厂的67公里控制管线的安装和测试已于上周完成。
修复海底管道受损部分仍有工作要做，但这将在4月完成，以便这个耗资3.55亿美元的海上项目在5月底前完工并开始向APA集团的奥博斯特工厂输送天然气。
APA斥资2.5亿美元对该天然气厂进行升级改造，以处理Sole产能，预计将在今年第三季度完成，尽管预计在工厂完工之前将气体引入系统进行调试和随后的工厂性能测试。
Sole油田位于近海约65公里处，位于Vic/RL3中124米深的水域。该气田将提供约24焦耳/年的天然气，约75％的气田储量将与AGL能源公司、澳大利亚能源公司、Alinta 能源公司和O-I等一系列公用事业和工业客户签订合同。
天然气将从奥博斯特工厂输送到东气干线，东气干线从澳大利亚东海岸一直延伸到悉尼。
Sole油田最初是在1973年由壳牌澳大利亚公司发现的，但被认为是非工业性的，尤其是因为天然气中不含液体。随后该油田多次易手，直到库柏能源公司于2016年10月收购桑托斯公司50%的股份，成为100%的所有者。
曹海斌 摘译自 油气杂志
原文如下：
Cooper Energy completes offshore phase of Sole field development
Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has completed the offshore construction phase of its wholly owned Sole gas field development in Bass Strait.
The company said installation and testing of the 67-km control umbilical connecting the field’s two subsea production wells to the onshore processing plant near Orbost on the east Gippsland coast was finalized last week.
There is still work remaining to repair a damaged section of the subsea pipeline, but this will be done in April so that the $355-million offshore project will be completed, ready, and available to deliver gas to the APA Group’s Orbost plant by the end of May.
APA’s $250-million upgrade of the gas plant to process Sole production is slated for completion during this year’s third quarter, although gas is expected to be introduced to the system prior to plant completion for commissioning and subsequent plant performance tests.
Sole field lies in about 65 km offshore on retention lease Vic/RL3 in 124 m of water. The field will supply about 24 petajoules/year of gas with about 75% of the field’s reserves contracted to a range of utility and industrial customers including AGL Energy, EnergyAustralia, Alinta Energy, and O-I.
Gas will be delivered from the Orbost plant into the Eastern Gas Trunkline, which extends up Australia’s east coast to Sydney.
Sole field was originally discovered by Shell Australia in 1973, but deemed subcommercial, especially since there are no liquids present with the gas. The field subsequently changed hands many times until Cooper Energy became 100% owner when the company bought Santos Ltd.’s 50% share in October 2016.
