Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has advanced Sole gas field project in eastern Bass Strait offshore Victoria with the first flow of gas from the field to the Orbost onshore processing plant (OGJ Online, Mar. 18, 2019).
The gas is being used to commission the plant’s new raw gas processing facilities. The gas will be used during the second, and final, phase of the plant commissioning program.
Cooper said the initial gas production and processing levels will be small volumes, however gas production is expected to increase gradually as the second phase commissioning progresses towards completion. The program also involves performance of a full-rate production test.
Once the commissioning has been successfully completed gas supply from Sole to customers under long-term contracts can begin.
Full production from the field is expected by the end of March.