据Oil & Gas Journal网站3月18日墨尔本报道 澳大利亚阿德莱德Cooper能源有限公司（Cooper Energy Ltd.）已完成其在巴斯海峡独资气田开发的海上建设阶段。

该公司表示，将气田的两个海底生产井连接到位于吉普斯兰东海岸奥博斯特附近的陆上加工厂的67公里控制脐带电缆的安装和测试已于上周完成。

目前仍有工作需要修复海底管道受损部分，但这项工作将在4月完成，以便在5月底前完成价值3.55亿澳元的海上项目，并准备好将天然气输送至APA集团的奥博斯特工厂。

APA 2.5亿澳元的天然气厂升级改造将在今年第三季度完成，尽管预计天然气将在工厂竣工前引入系统，用于调试和随后的工厂性能测试。

该独资的气田位于离岸约65公里处，保留租约水深124米处的Vic/RL3区块。该气田将提供约24 万亿焦耳/年的天然气，约75%的天然气储量签约给一系列公用事业和工业客户，包括AGL能源公司、澳洲能源公司、Alinta能源公司和O-I公司。

天然气将从奥博斯特工厂输送至东气干线，该干线沿澳大利亚东海岸延伸至悉尼。

该独资的气田最初由壳牌澳大利亚公司于1973年发现，但被认为是次商业油田，因为天然气中不存在液体。此后，该领域多次易手，直到2016年10月Cooper能源公司收购Santos公司50%的股份时，Cooper能源公司成为100%的所有者（OGJ，2016年10月24日）。

王磊 摘译自 Oil & Gas Journal

原文如下：

Cooper Energy completes offshore phase of Sole field development

Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has completed the offshore construction phase of its wholly owned Sole gas field development in Bass Strait.

The company said installation and testing of the 67-km control umbilical connecting the field’s two subsea production wells to the onshore processing plant near Orbost on the east Gippsland coast was finalized last week.

There is still work remaining to repair a damaged section of the subsea pipeline, but this will be done in April so that the $355-million (Aus.) offshore project will be completed, ready, and available to deliver gas to the APA Group’s Orbost plant by the end of May.

APA’s $250-million (Aus.) upgrade of the gas plant to process Sole production is slated for completion during this year’s third quarter, although gas is expected to be introduced to the system prior to plant completion for commissioning and subsequent plant performance tests.

Sole field lies in about 65 km offshore on retention lease Vic/RL3 in 124 m of water. The field will supply about 24 petajoules/year of gas with about 75% of the field’s reserves contracted to a range of utility and industrial customers including AGL Energy, EnergyAustralia, Alinta Energy, and O-I.

Gas will be delivered from the Orbost plant into the Eastern Gas Trunkline, which extends up Australia’s east coast to Sydney.

Sole field was originally discovered by Shell Australia in 1973, but deemed subcommercial, especially since there are no liquids present with the gas. The field subsequently changed hands many times until Cooper Energy became 100% owner when the company bought Santos Ltd.’s 50% share in October 2016 (OGJ Online, Oct. 24, 2016).