BHP Billiton, operator of a combine with Apache Corp., will develop offshore Macedon gas field in the Exmouth subbasin of Western Australia with four production wells tied to an new gas plant onshore.
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Sept. 24 -- BHP Billiton, operator of a combine with Apache Corp., will develop offshore Macedon gas field in the Exmouth subbasin of Western Australia with four production wells tied to an new gas plant onshore.
The field is 60 miles west of Onslow on production license WA-42-L. First production is expected during 2013. The companies didn’t report rates.
BHP, with a 71.43% interest, estimates reserves at 400-750 bcf of recoverable wet gas and a total project cost of $1.5 billion. Apache holds the remaining interest.
The gas plant will be built at Ashburton North, 11 miles southwest of Onslow. From the plant, gas will flow via a sales pipeline to a pipeline between Dampier and Bunbury.
