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Australasia

Equus delayed but not dead had been expected by mid-2013, after Development plans ? led with Austra-

US explorer Hess remains

Hess rejected building its own liquefac- lian regulators in February 2012 called ‘con? dent’ that its billion dollar tion plant in favor of ? nding a partner, for ? rst production in 2018 to a Hess-

Australian gas project but it has taken longer than planned operated ? oating production system to close a processing deal. Still, Hess (FPS). From there, gas would ? ow via will proceed.

recently reiterated its desire to move for- subsea tie-back to third-party offshore ward with Equus and expects an export facilities. The receiving facility would

By Bruce Nichols deal early this year. then relay the gas ashore for conversion he Equus project, Hess Corp.’s “Hess is committed to maximizing to LNG for overseas shipment or for planned contribution to the value of the natural gas discover- domestic Australian use.

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Australia’s push for world ies that we have made offshore Western Equus is located in permit area leadership in lique? ed natural gas (LNG) Australia. We are presently in com- WA-390-P about 145km north of exports, has been delayed pending a mercial discussions with counterparties Northwest Cape. Nearby cities include third-party contract to process its produc- and are con? dent these discussions will Exmouth, about 112 miles (180km) to tion, but Hess expects a deal soon, giving result in the processing of Equus gas the south, and Karratha, about 186 miles new life to the US$6 billion project off in third-party owned LNG facilities,” a (300km) to the east. Located between northwest Australia. spokesman recon? rmed to OE by email Chevron’s giant Gorgon project and

The ? nal investment decision (FID) in late December. Exxon Mobil’s Scarborough ? eld, Equus

Project Location and Export Pipelines

Pipeline route co-ordinates

Permit area WA-390-P co-ordinates 116°0'0"E 117°0'0"E 115°0'0"E

Geographic co-ordinate system GDA 1994 Geographic co-ordinate system GDA 1994

Id Latitude (DMS) Longitude (DMS) Id Latitude (DMS) Longitude (DMS) 119° 59' 55.317" S113° 35' 4.761" E A20° 15' 43.993" S113° 52' 41.044" E 219° 59' 55.310" S113° 55' 4.742" E B20° 12' 15.276" S114° 47' 56.695" E 319° 49' 55.299" S113° 55' 4.742" E C19° 42' 4.82 " S114° 33' 40.945" E 419° 49' 55.299" S114° 0' 4.752" E D19° 54' 52.865" S115° 7' 55.129" E 519° 59' 55.310" S114° 0' 4.752" E E19° 35' 17.765" S116° 8' 9.514" E

North Rankin 619° 59' 55.303" S114° 10' 4.742" E

E

Angel Project Pipeline 720° 4' 55.299" S114° 10' 4.742" E

Cossack-Wanaea 820° 4' 55.306" S114° 5' 4.761" E

C 920° 29' 55.317" S114° 5' 4.788" E

North Rankin 10 20° 29' 55.331" S113° 35' 4.788" E

TSEP NWS

Echo Yodel

Io 1 4 3

Jansz1

D 6 20°0'0"S

PlutoA1

Pluto 20°0'0"S

Devil Creek 7 8

B

Jantz-10

A

FPS

Wheatstone

Montebello

Islands

LEGEND

Gorgon

John Brookes

Well Locations 10 9

Platform

Flowlines Phase 1

Wonnich

Flowline Phase 2

Flowlines Phase 3

East Spar

Barrow Island

Existing/Planned

Varanus Island

Barrow

Infrastructure 3 Nm Coastal Waters Limit

Kilometres 12.5 0 25 50

Permit WA-390-P

Boodie Island

Export Route Options 21°0'0"S

Option A (Wheatstone)

Option A Corridor

Option B (Pluto)

WA-390-P

Option B Corridor

Gri‰n (Cwlth)

Option C (NWS JV)

Option C Corridor

South Pepper

Trunkline (Terr Sea)

Bathymetry (Depth in metres) 0-10m

Mangrove Islands

Thevenard Island 10-20m

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 20-50m

Coolgra Point 50-100m

Onslow 100-200m

Muiron Islands

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 200-500m 500-1000m

North West Cape 1000-2000m 117°0'0"E 114°0'0"E 116°0'0"E115°0'0"E 2000-5000m 113°0'0"E

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