Overview
Barossa is an offshore gas and light condensate project being progressed by the Barossa Joint Venture comprising Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (Santos) as Operator and SK E&S Australia Pty Ltd. A Final Investment Decision to proceed with the Project has now been made.
The project will provide a new gas source to the existing Darwin LNG facility, subject to suitable commercial arrangements being put in place. It will backfill the facility once the existing offshore gas supply from the Bayu-Undan offshore field has been exhausted.
Development of the large discovered Barossa resource would extend the operating life of DLNG for an additional 15-20 years, thereby continuing to help meet future global demand for natural gas and contributing significant income and employment opportunities for Australia.
Santos holds a 62.5% operated interest in the joint venture and partner SK E&S (37.5%). Santos is also a joint venture partner and operator in DLNG with a 68.4% interest.
Development Concept
The Barossa field is part of Santos' northern Australia portfolio, one of the company's core long-life natural gas asset regions. It encompasses petroleum permit NT/RL5, which is located in Commonwealth waters 300 kilometres north of Darwin, offshore the Northern Territory.
The project comprises a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, a subsea production system supporting in-field subsea infrastructure and a gas export pipeline. The FPSO facility will separate the natural gas and condensate extracted from the field with the dry gas transported via the export pipeline for onshore processing
The proposed new gas export pipeline will be ~260 km in length and will connect to the existing Bayu-Undan to Darwin pipeline in Commonwealth waters. Condensate will be exported directly from the FPSO to offtake tankers.
Procurement Approach
The procurement approach for major scopes, such as the FPSO, Subsea, Export Pipeline, and Drilling, will be a combination of Engineering, Procurement, Construction/Installation (EPC/I), leasing or direct contracting, and procurement by Santos.
The facilities will be designed in accordance with the Project's design basis, which includes Company standards and specifications, Australian, ISO, and other international standards and codes, including those broadly adopted in the Australian oil and gas industry, and in line with local industry practice.
Santos has partnered with the Industry Capability Network NT to assist with Australian vendor identification, raise awareness, and communicate opportunities to provide goods and services to the project. Please submit a general expression of interest below to register.
Subsea Production Systems EPC
Technip Oceania Pty Ltd (TFMC) is undertaking the engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of the Subsea Production System (SPS) and associated SPS installation support. To register interest, please refer to the packages listed under the TFMC-Subsea Production System EPC heading below.
The TFMC contact for AIP enquiries is as follows:
PIC: Alex Chew, Procurement Manager
Email: alex.chew@technipfmc.com
Phone: +61 484 641 751
Gas Export Pipeline
Allseas Marine Contractors Australia Pty Ltd is undertaking the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the gas export pipeline. To register interest, please refer to the packages listed on the separate Allseas Barossa Project page on ICN Gateway.
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO)
BW Offshore (BWO) is undertaking FPSO project services. To register, please refer to the packages listed on the separate Barossa FPSO Services (BW Offshore) page on ICN Gateway.
Further details of the project are available at santos.com, while information on working with Santos is available at santos.com/procurement/ The Barossa Australian Industry Participation (AIP) Plan summary is available at Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources - AIP Plan Summaries.
