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Phased drilling of approximately 20 development wells Installation of umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF) and related subsea infrastructure including Christmas trees and manifolds Construction of the 882-km-long subsea section of the 889-km-long gas export pipeline (GEP) from the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin to Blaydin Point, Darwin Hook-up of a central processing facility (CPF) and floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessel Precommissioning, commissioning and start-up of all offshore facilities. The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an overview of these proposed activities and includes the following details: the locations of activities the approximate timing and durations of those activities a basic description of the activities communication and feedback channels. Detailed information on the Ichthys Project offshore activities that INPEX proposes to commence over the next 18 months and management of associated environmental sensitivities is contained in the following individual consultation fact sheets: Development well drilling Umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF) installation Gas export pipeline (GEP) construction. All Ichthys offshore activities are also outlined in the Ichthys Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and its supplement (see back page for details). X025-AG-FST-00001 | ICHTHYS PROJECT OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES | MAY 2013 1 Ichthys Project Ichthys Project offshore activities Overview of construction activities from 2013 to 2016 Figure 1: Representation of future Ichthys Project offshore facilities KEY OFFSHORE ACTIVITIES INPEX, on behalf of the joint venture participants of the Ichthys Gas Field Development Project (Ichthys Project), will undertake a number of offshore gas–condensate field construction and installation activities from 2013 to 2016.

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• Phaseddrillingofapproximately20developmentwells

• Installationofumbilicals,risersandflowlines(URF)andrelatedsubseainfrastructureincludingChristmastreesandmanifolds

• Constructionofthe882-km-longsubseasectionofthe889-km-longgasexportpipeline(GEP)fromtheIchthysFieldintheBrowseBasintoBlaydinPoint,Darwin

• Hook-upofacentralprocessingfacility(CPF)andfloatingproduction,storageandofftake(FPSO)vessel

• Precommissioning,commissioningandstart-upofalloffshorefacilities.

Thepurposeofthisfactsheetistoprovideanoverviewoftheseproposedactivitiesandincludesthefollowingdetails:

• thelocationsofactivities• theapproximatetiminganddurationsofthoseactivities• abasicdescriptionoftheactivities• communicationandfeedbackchannels.

DetailedinformationontheIchthysProjectoffshoreactivitiesthatINPEXproposestocommenceoverthenext18monthsandmanagementofassociatedenvironmentalsensitivitiesiscontainedinthefollowingindividualconsultationfactsheets:

• Developmentwelldrilling• Umbilicals,risersandflowlines(URF)installation• Gasexportpipeline(GEP)construction.

AllIchthysoffshoreactivitiesarealsooutlinedintheIchthysProjectDraftEnvironmentalImpactStatement(EIS)anditssupplement(seebackpagefordetails).

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IchthysProject

S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

Ichthys Project offshore activitiesOverviewofconstructionactivitiesfrom2013to2016

Figure1:RepresentationoffutureIchthysProjectoffshorefacilities

KEYOFFSHOREACTIVITIES

INPEX,onbehalfofthejointventureparticipantsoftheIchthysGasFieldDevelopmentProject(IchthysProject),willundertakeanumberofoffshoregas–condensatefieldconstructionandinstallationactivitiesfrom2013to2016.

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IchthysProject

ProjectoverviewTheIchthysProjectisaworld-classprojecttodevelopthenaturalgasandcondensatefield(IchthysField)thatwasdiscoveredintheBrowseBasin,offthenorth-westcoastofWesternAustralia.

TheIchthysFieldconsistsoftwohydrocarbonreservoirs,BrewsterandPlover.Thefieldcontainsresourcesestimatedatmorethan12trillioncubicfeetofgasandapproximately500millionbarrelsofcondensate.ThelatterrepresentsthelargestdiscoveryofhydrocarbonliquidinAustraliain40years.

TheUS$34billionIchthysProjectwillberankedamongthelargestgasandcondensateprocessingdevelopmentsintheworld.Duringoperationstheprojectisexpectedtoproduceapproximately8.4milliontonnes(Mt)ofliquefiednaturalgas(LNG)andapproximately1.6Mtofliquefiedpetroleumgases(LPGs)perannum,alongwithuptoapproximately100000barrelsofcondensateperdayatpeak.

TheIchthysProjectisajointventurebetweenINPEXgroupcompanies(theOperator),majorpartnerTotalgroupcompaniesandtheAustraliansubsidiariesofTokyoGas,OsakaGas,ChubuElectricPowerCompanyandTohoGas.

Projectdevelopmentactivitiesarebrieflyoutlinedbelow.

Figure2:IchthysFieldlocationoffshorenorth-westWesternAustralia,includingthegasexportpipelineroutetoBlaydinPoint,Darwin

Offshore activities – Ichthys Field and gas export pipeline

INPEXintendstoinstallafloatingcentralprocessingfacility(CPF)todeveloptheIchthysField.WellstreamswillflowfromthefieldthroughsubseainfrastructureforpreliminaryprocessingontheCPFtoremoveliquids—includingthegreaterpartofthecondensate—fromthegas.Theseparatedliquidswillflowviaasubseaflowlinetothenearbyfloatingproduction,storageandofftake(FPSO)vesselwherethecondensatewillbetreatedandtransferredtoofftaketankersforexport.GasfromthefieldwillbedirectedfromtheCPFthroughan889-km-longgasexportpipeline(GEP)(882kmsubsea,7kmonshore)totheprocessingplantatBlaydinPointonMiddleArmPeninsulainDarwinHarbour.

Onshore activities – Blaydin Point, Darwin

ThegaswillbeprocessedintoLNGthroughatwo-trainprocessingplant.TheplantwillalsoseparateoutandexportLPGsandtheresidualcondensatethatwillbecarriedtotheplantwiththegasstream.

ConstructionoftheLNGprocessingplantandassociatedharbourdredgingactivitiesareunderwayandareexpectedtobecompletedintimetoachievefirstproductionbytheendofthefourthquarterof2016.TheproductsprocessedattheplantwillbeshippedfromDarwinHarbourtooverseasmarketsinLNG,LPGandcondensateships.

IchthysProject

S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

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S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

LocationofoffshoreactivitiesOffshoreactivitieswilltakeplaceinandaroundtheIchthysField,whichislocatedinproductionlicencesWA-50-LandWA-51-LintheBrowseBasin,approximately220kmoffthecoastofWesternAustraliaand820kmsouth-westofDarwin.Thefieldcoversanareaofaround800km²,withitsreservoirslocatedbelowseadepthsofabout235–275mandmorethan4000mofrock.TheIchthysFieldlocationandgasexportrouteareshowninFigure2.

Subseainfrastructureattheoffshoredevelopmentareawillconsistofthefollowing:• approximately50subseawellsdrilledfrombetween12to15drillcentres,developedoveraperiodof40years,andwith

about20ofthesewellsbeingdrilledbetween2013and2016• controlumbilicals,servicelines,risersandwet-gas,corrosion-resistantinfieldflowlines.

ThissubseainfrastructurewillbetiedbacktotheCPFandFPSObyaseriesofflexibleumbilicals,risersandflowlines(URF).TheCPFwillbeconnectedtotheFPSObytransfersystemsconsistingofflexiblerisersandflowlines.BoththeCPFandFPSO,shownschematicallyinFigure1,willbemooredinpositionfortheexpected40-yearlifeoftheProject.

TheGEPwillbeinstalledfromtheseabedbeneaththeCPFtoMiddleArmPeninsulainDarwinHarbour.ItwilltravelnearshorethroughDarwinHarbourparalleltotheexistingBayu–UndanGasPipeline.ApipelineshorecrossingwillcompletethesubseaportionoftheGEP,bringingthegastotheonshoreprocessingfacilities.

Keyoffshoreconstructionactivities

Development well drillingDevelopmentoftheIchthysFieldwillrequirethedrillingofapproximately50wellsovertheProject’slifetime.WellswillbedrilledfromdrillcentresingroupsofapproximatelyfivetooptimisetheefficiencyofrigoperationsandtominimisetheProject’sfootprintontheoceanfloor.

ScheduleThefirstphaseofdrilling,comprising20wellswithintheBrewsterreservoirisanticipatedtostartinmid-2014andtakeapproximately40months.Remainingwellsanddrillcentreswillbeaddedtomaintaingasproductionasthetworeservoirsaredepletedovertime.Wellheadsandmanifoldswillbeinstalledattheendofdrillingandwell-testing(seeFigure3).

VesselsAnumberofvesselswillberequiredtocompletethedrillingactivitiessafelyandefficiently.TheENSCO5006semi-submersiblemobileoffshoredrillingunit(MODU)picturedinFigure4willconductthefirstphaseofdrillingsupportedbytwoanchor-handlingsupplyvesselsforthedurationofthedrillingandrig-movingoperations.LogisticsupportwillbeprovidedfromBroome.Asalegislativerequirement,a500-m-radiussafetyzonewillbemaintainedaroundtheMODUandnounauthorisedvesselswillbepermittedwithinthisarea.

Formoredetailedinformationaboutthisactivity,pleaserefertoINPEX’sIchthysfactsheetDevelopmentwelldrilling.

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Figure4:ENSCO5006MODU

ScheduleMostoffshoreconstructionworkwilltakeplacebetween2013and2016,asoutlinedbelow.From2016onwards,additionalwellswillbedrilledandtiedbacktoexistingoperations

Figure3:Ichthyswellheadsandcollectionmanifolds

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Umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF) installation

Thisscopeofworkincludestheinstallationandprecommissioningofsubseaflowlines,supportstructuresandcontrolsystems,andtheconnectionofthesesystemstotheotheroffshorecomponents.TheURFprogramalsoincludestheinstallationofthemooringsfortheCPFandFPSOandtheconnectionofbothfacilitiestotheirmooringsystems.TheseactivitieswillbeperformedonbehalfoftheProjectbyMcDermottInternationalandHeeremaMarineContractors.KeysubseainfrastructureisshowninFigure5.

SchedulePreparatoryworkisplannedtocommenceinmid-2014,withkeyinfrastructurebeinginstalledoverthefollowing18months.TheFPSOandCPFarescheduledtoarriveatthefieldinlate2015forconnectiontomoorings,umbilicals,flexiblerisersandcontrolsystems.OtherURFinfrastructureandwellheadconnectionswillbeinstalledbetweenmid-2015andmid-2017.

VesselsURFinstallationactivitieswillinvolveseveralkeyoffshoreconstructionandinstallationvessels,includingtheEmeraldSea,AegirandNorthOcean102(orsimilarclassvessel),whichwillbesupportedbysupplyandstandbyvessels,tugsandbarges.

Formoredetailedinformationaboutthisactivity,pleaserefertoINPEX’sIchthysfactsheetUmbilicals,risersandflowlines(URF)installation.

Gas export pipeline (GEP) construction

ThesubseaportionoftheGEPwillbeinstalledonbehalfoftheProjectbySaipem(Portugal)ComercioMaritimoSULda(Saipem).Twodifferentpipelayvesselswillcarryouttheinstallation,onespecialisinginshallow-waterpipelayandtheotherindeep-waterpipelay.

Afterpipelayhasbeencompleted,theGEPwillbehydrotestedwithfilteredandtreatedseawater.Itwillthenundergoprecommissioningtoremovetheseawaterandresidualsalt.

SchedulePipelineroutedredgingoperationsinDarwinHarbourareplannedtocommenceinlate2013.PipelayisscheduledtobegininDarwinHarbourinthesecondquarterof2014andfinishintheIchthysFieldin2015.Finalprecommissioningofthepipelineisexpectedtobecompletebytheendof2015.

VesselsDredgingoperationswithinDarwinHarbourwillbeperformedbyBoskalisAustraliaPtyLtdusingseveralvessels,includingtheQueenoftheNetherlandstrailingsuctionhopperdredgerandtheBaldurbackhoedredger.PipelaywillbeperformedbytheSemac1(Figure6)inshallowwaterandbytheCastorone(Figure7)indeepwater.

Formoredetailedinformationaboutthisactivity,pleaserefertoINPEX’sIchthysfactsheetGasexportpipeline(GEP)construction.

Figure6:Saipem’sSemac1shallow-waterpipelayvessel

X025-AG-FST-00001|ICHTHYSPROJECTOFFSHORECONSTRUCTIONACTIVITIES|MAY2013

Figure5:RepresentationofURFinfrastructureandassociatedoffshorefacilities

Figure7:Saipem’sCastoronedeep-waterpipelayvessel

IchthysProject

S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

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S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

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Central processing facility (CPF) hook-up

TheCPFwillbeusedforgas–liquidseparation,gasdehydration,gascompressionandexportandfutureinletcompression.Itwillalsoexportacommingledliquidstreamofcondensate,monoethyleneglycol(MEG)andproducedwatertotheFPSOandacceptflashgasbackfromtheFPSO.(MEGwillbeusedasahydrateinhibitor(anti-freeze)topreventriskofblockageinlinesontheseafloorwheretheseawatertemperaturewillbeabout4°C.TheMEGwillbeinjectedintoproductionfluidsatthewellheads.MEGisanon-toxicbiodegradableorganiccompound).

ScheduleTheCPFwillbeconstructedbySamsungHeavyIndustriesCo.Ltd.inKorea.ItwillbetowedtotheIchthysFieldinlate2015,whereitwillbehookedupto28anchorchainsbyMcDermottInternational.ItwillthenbecommissionedbyINPEXtobereadytoreceivereservoirhydrocarbonsinmid-2016.

Adetailedfactsheetforthisactivitywillbeavailablein2014or2015.

Floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessel hook-up

TheFPSOwillbeusedforcondensatedewatering,stabilisation,storageandexport.TheFPSOwillalsobeusedforMEGregeneration,produced-watertreatmentandflashgascompressionandexporttotheCPF.

ScheduleTheFPSOwillbebuiltbyDaewooShipbuilding&MarineEngineeringCo.Ltd.inKorea.ItsinternalturretwillbeconstructedbySBMOffshoreNVintheKeppelShipyardinSingapore.FollowingconstructiontheturretwillbetransportedtoKoreaandintegratedintotheFPSOhull.ThecompleteFPSOwillbetowedtotheIchthysFieldattheendof2015.McDermottInternationalwillpermanentlymoortheFPSObyhookingup21anchorchainstotheweathervaningturret.FollowinginstallationtheFPSOwillbecommissionedbyINPEXtobereadytoreceivereservoirhydrocarbonsinmid-2016.

Adetailedfactsheetforthisactivitywillbeavailablein2014or2015.

Figure8:CPF

Figure9:FPSO

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TheIchthysProjectisoperatedbyINPEXinjointventurewithmajorpartnerTotalandTokyoGas,OsakaGas,ChubuElectricPowerCompanyandTohoGas.

IchthysProject

S E C U R I N G T H E F U T U R E

INPEX CORPORATION is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with more than 70 active projects globally. Since 1966, INPEX has been growing steadily, from the core areas of Indonesia and Australia, into the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region and South America.

In Australia from 1986, INPEX has been gaining strategic interests in a range of successful projects, including the Griffin Fields, Darwin LNG and the proposed Ichthys Project.

INPEX is securing the future – future energy supply to our customers, and the future sustainability of the communities in which we operate.

SECURING THE FUTURE

Level 22 100 St Georges Terrace, Perth

Western Austral ia 6000P +61 8 6213 6000 F +61 8 6213 6455

E enquir [email protected]

Level 8, Mitchell Centre59 Mitchell Street, Darwin

Northern Territory Australia 0800P +61 8 8924 3100 F +61 8 8924 3111

INPE

X314

741

安全第一 “Anzen dai ichi”

Shop 15 Allendale Arcade, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 | P: (08) 9325-5619 | E: [email protected]

“Making a Colourful Impression”

EnquiriesandfeedbackFurtherinformationonoffshoreactivitiescanbefoundintheIchthysProjectDraftEnvironmentalImpactStatement(EIS)anditssupplement,locatedontheINPEXwebsitewww.inpex.com.au/projects/ichthys-project/environmental-documentation.aspx(atthebottomofthewebpage).

Youcanalsorequestcopiesofthefactsheetsspecifictoeachoffshoreactivity(astheyaremadeavailable).

Ifyouwouldliketoprovidecommentorseekfurtherinformation,orifyoudonotwishtoreceivefuturecommunicationsaboutIchthysoffshoreactivities,pleasecontactusbyanyofthefollowingmeans:

Contact: BillTownsend GeneralManager,ExternalAffairs/JointVenture

Subject: IchthysProjectoffshoreactivities

E-mail: [email protected]: (08)62136000Fax: (08)62136455Post: Attention:GeneralManager,ExternalAffairs Level22,100StGeorgesTerrace, PerthWA6000

Website:www.inpex.com.au