BHP Billiton Petroleum expects to sanction the Macedon gas project, located offshore Western Australia, in the coming months, Chief Executive Michael Yeager has said.
Mr Yeager said that the company expects first gas in 2013 and that all of the engineering is in the final stages of completion.
Regulatory approvals are moving forward for the project, which is anticipated to produce approximately 200 MMcf/d of gas, Mr Yeager said.
The Macedon Gas Field is located in the northern Carnarvon Basin, approximately 100 km west of Onslow and 40 km north of Exmouth, Western Australia. Gas from the subsea Macedon Field will be piped via a 20 inch, 81 km offshore pipeline and 15 km onshore pipeline to a gas plant at Ashburton North. The 67 km Macedon tie-in will connect the gas plant to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
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