Kupe Gas Project Hits Milestones
The Kupe Gas Project is a $NZ980 million dollar project, approved to proceed in June 2006. Gas is expected to be on-line by mid-2009 and will provide New Zealand with approximately 254 petajoules of natural gas, 1.1 million tonnes of LPG and 14.7 million barrels of light oil.
Initial work on the Project has focused on:
--preparatory work at and around the onshore Production Station Site located near Hawera (site clearing, road upgrades etc.) --drilling of the two 2.2 km horizontally directionally drilled (HDD) tunnels holes under the south Taranaki cliffs to carry the main gas pipeline and controls umbilical from the seabed to the production station site a few hundred meters back from the cliff top.
Work is now underway to build a "rock mattress" along the seabed immediately before the HDD holes. This involves laying rocks along the seabed to smooth out the undulations caused by boulders in the area. The rocks are being taken from a quarry at Egmont Village and will be laid on the seabed floor using a special vessel, the "Pompeii." The rock mattress will add stability to the pipeline and umbilical, particularly given Taranaki's strong weather and sea conditions.
The arrival date for the Ensco 107 drilling rig in Taranaki is now expected to be September 2007. The rig's current drilling commitments in Vietnam have been extended but this will not affect the Kupe Gas Project's critical milestones.
Origin has also recently opened a new office in New Plymouth at Energy House, where a number of project staff will be based for the duration of the Project. Other project staff will also be located at the construction village, which is being established at the Production Station site in Hawera.
Participants are:
- Origin Energy Resources (Kupe) Limited 50% (Operator)
- Genesis Energy 31%
- New Zealand Oil & Gas Limited 15%
- Mitsui E&P (New Zealand) Limited 4%
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