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VESSEL IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR RISER PROTECTION FRAME AND 5
PROTECTION NET SUPPORTS ON SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
approximately 820 kilometers south-west of Darwin. During 2000 to 2001, three exploratory
wells resulted in the discovery of an extremely promising gas and condensate field now known
as the Ichthys Field. The field was named after the classical Greek word for “fish”. Most likely
resource estimates are 12.8 trillion cubic feet of gas and 527 million barrels of condensate to be
produced over an operational life of more than 40 years.
Figure 1. Project field location
Gas from the Ichthys Field will undergo preliminary processing at the offshore central
processing facility (CPF) to remove water and raw liquids, including a large proportion of the
condensate. This condensate will be pumped to a floating production, storage and offloading
(FPSO) facility anchored nearby, from which it will be transferred to tankers for delivery to
markets. These FPSO facilities include mercury removal from condensate, flash gas
compression, MEG regeneration / reclamation and produced water treatment facilities.
Figure 2. Offshore facilities layout
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