Industry Notifications

Beach Energy advises that on Wednesday 15 April 2020 the production rate from Kupe Production Station (KPS) will be restricted to 20 – 30 TJ/d. The restriction is required to undertake essential unplanned repairs to equipment within the liquids processing section of the plant which requires the Liquids Train to come offline. Gas production from KPS, at the reduced rate, will be maintained while the liquids train is offline. Beach Energy anticipates returning to normal production on Thursday 16 April.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000057.

The Pohokura pipeline has been reinstated, with offshore production commencing at approximately 5.30 pm, 6 April 2020.

No further outages are expected in relation to the ongoing proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at Pohokura.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000056 as it relates to the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at Pohokura.

Due to better than expected working conditions (weather, sea-state and subsea visibility) over the weekend, and work and testing having been completed in the fastest possible time, the Pohokura pipeline is expected to be available for production late today.

A further update will be provided once production has restarted.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000051 as it relates to the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at Pohokura.

The work on the undersea pipeline is considered an essential service and is permitted under the COVID-19 Alert Level 4. As such, work is continuing and is currently ahead of schedule, aided by the favorable offshore operating conditions experienced to date.

As previously advised, the timing of the return to production is subject to a large degree of uncertainty due to progress being dependent on weather, sea state and subsea visibility. Our current expectation is that production will be reinstated from the offshore wells on the 14th of April. This estimate includes appropriate allowances for variable offshore operating conditions and is an update to the guidance given in GIC notice 000044 regarding the duration of the expected production outage.

If favorable conditions persist, it is possible that production could be reinstated as early as next week, in which case we will provide a further update.

A further update will be provided on or before the 10th of April 2020.

OMV New Zealand Limited on behalf of Maui Development Limited advises of an update to notification 000053 regarding the unplanned outage on 29/30 March.

Production was restarted at 11am 30 March, and the field is now back operating at pre-outage rates.

Nova Energy on behalf of Todd Energy notifies that on Saturday the 28th of March an unplanned outage at the Mckee Mangahewa production station of 45TJ occurred as a result of a power outage. Production was resorted and back to full rates by the end of the day.

OMV New Zealand Limited on behalf of Maui Development Limited advises of an unplanned outage. The Maui plant experienced an unexpected loss in its external power source on Sunday night at 23:00. This loss of power resulted in a trip of plant equipment, requiring a full field shut-in. Attempts to restart the plant are currently underway.

The estimated reduction in deliverability for today is approximately 35 TJ.

We will provide a further update in due course.

This notice is an update to the GIC notice 000051 as it relates to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura

Activities to reinstate the Pohokura production station and production from the onshore wells were completed ahead of schedule. Production restarted at approximately 8 pm yesterday (24th of March) and full onshore gas production rates were achieved in the early hours of this morning (25th of March).

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000050 regarding the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field and the onshore production station outage at Pohokura.

The Pohokura Production Station outage is now due to end early in the morning on Wednesday 25th of March. As it will take some time to increase production from the onshore wells, we expect production increase over the course of the 25th until full onshore rates are reached. The offshore wells will remain shut-in for the subsea pipeline inspection work.

Remediation work on the offshore pipeline is continuing and further updates will be given as the work progresses.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000049 regarding the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura.

The planned inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline is progressing as planned. The work requires specialist staff, many of whom are international contractors who are impacted by travel restrictions implemented because of COVID-19. While the vessel is currently fully staffed, there are limits on how long the current crew can continue to work without a fresh crew coming to relieve them. OMV is currently working through the possibilities to keep the work progressing and will provide an update when the situation is clearer.

The Pohokura Production Station outage is due to end on Tuesday 24th of March as previously advised. We will provide an update early next week when we can be more precise about the timing of the re-start of the onshore production.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000048 regarding the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura.

The Pohokura plant and pipeline shutdowns commenced as planned at approximately 1:00 am on Wednesday 11th of March.

There is no update to the expected duration of either the offshore pipeline outage or the onshore Pohokura Production Station outage.

A further update will be provided on or before the 20th of March 2020.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000047 regarding the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura.

There is no impediment to the shutdown of the Pohokura plant and pipeline as proceeding as planned. We expect the Pohokura plant to shut down at approximately 1:00 am on the 11th of March.

There is no update to the expected duration of either the offshore pipeline outage or the onshore Pohokura Production Station outage.

A further update will be provided on or before the 20th of March 2020.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000046 regarding the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura.

The planned inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline has commenced. The pipeline outage is planned to start close to the start of the Pohokura Production Station outage on the 11th of March. Any change to the start date of the pipeline outage will be promptly communicated via a new GIC notice.

There is no update to the expected duration of either the offshore pipeline outage or the onshore Pohokura Production Station outage.

A further update will be provided prior to the shutdown commencing.

This notice is an update to GIC notice 000044 following the unexpected mechanical issues associated with one of the engines on the construction support vessel that is required for the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura. See GIC notice 000044 for GIC notice reference numbers for all related notices.

Repairs to the engine of the construction support vessel have been completed and the vessel is now in Port Taranaki and is expected to be mobilised to the field for the planned inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline in the coming days.

The pipeline outage is planned to start close to the start of the Pohokura Production Station outage (11th of March). Any change to the start date of the pipeline outage will be promptly communicated via a new GIC notice.

There is no update to the expected duration of either the offshore pipeline outage or the onshore Pohokura Production Station outage.

When the Pohokura Production Station returns to service and before the offshore production is restored, the onshore wells and plant are expected to be able to produce at approximately 40% of the total field pre-shutdown rates.

A further update will be provided on or before the 6th of March 2020.

OMV New Zealand Limited advises the following update to notice 000041.

Previous:
3-4 March, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

Update
4-8 March, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 4-6 March 20-30TJ/d, 7-8 March <20TJ/d

This notice is an update to GIC notices 000042 and 00039 which relate to the unexpected mechanical issues associated with one of the engines on the construction support vessel that is required for the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the subsea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field (GIC notices 000014 and 000028). This notice also refers to the onshore production station outage at Pohokura (GIC notice 000003).

Repairs to the engine of the construction support vessel contracted to undertake the inspection and maintenance work are currently being executed in Nelson. These construction support vessel repairs are expected to be completed in the window of February 29th to March 7th, depending on the scope, after which the vessel will mobilise to New Plymouth to commence the planned inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline.

OMV has reassessed the schedule risk associated with the undersea pipeline inspection and maintenance project, including vessel and equipment mobilisation, adverse weather and execution of the project work scope. On a risked expectation basis, OMV anticipates the subsea pipeline inspection and maintenance work will require, in total, an outage duration of approximately 45 days, which is approximately 25 days of actual works, and 20 days of allowances (weather, sea state, subsea visibility etc). These estimates are subject to ongoing planning and it is possible that the work may identify further remedial actions that require additional offshore gas production outages.

The pipeline outage is planned to start close to the start of the Pohokura Production Station outage. The Pohokura Production Station outage is required for a 4 yearly statutory inspection and the expected timing of the outage remains between the 11th and 24th of March.

A further update will be provided on or before the 28th of February 2020.

Nova Energy on behalf of Todd Energy advises the deferment from planned maintenance at Mckee - Mangahewa production station, from the 4/3/2020 to 6/3/2020 and again from 12/3/2020 to 14/3/2020, has been mitigated and will no longer reduce daily production volumes.

This notice is an update to the notice issued on the 7th of February 2020 (GIC notice 000039), relating to the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline and onshore production station at the Pohokura natural gas field.

The specialised work vessel (the Normand Baltic) is enroute to Nelson, due 15 February 2020, where engine repairs will take place. Repairs are expected to be completed by 27th February, after which the vessel will mobilise to New Plymouth.

A revised expectation timing and duration for the outages associated with this project are being evaluated based on latest vessel repair timing.

A further update will be provided on or before the 21st of February 2020.

OMV New Zealand Limited advises the following:
1. Work relating to the scheduled reduction in deliverability on 24 February (as per notice 000037) has now been postponed so to coincide with the planned outage at Pohokura Production Station (11-24 March , as per notice 000003).

2. With regard to notice 000034, we provide the following update:

Previous:
2-3 March, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

Update:
3-4 March, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

OMV New Zealand Limited advises of the following update to notices 000031 and 000033 issued on 8 January and 23 January 2020 respectively. The POW-2 well has now returned to levels that it previously produced at. We therefore advise that this period of reduced deliverability has ended.

This notice is an update to the notice issued on the 18th of December 2019 (GIC notice 000028), relating to the proactive inspection and maintenance work on the undersea pipeline and onshore production station at the Pohokura natural gas field.

Execution of the planned work requires a specialised work vessel to be mobilised from Singapore. Mobilisation commenced in late January and while on is journey to New Zealand the vessel suffered mechanical issues.

This has the potential to change the schedule of operation and OMV is currently evaluating options to minimise the impact on the timing and duration of the pipeline outage during the remediation work.

A further update will be provided on or before the 14th of February 2020.

OMV New Zealand Limited on behalf of Maui Development Limited wishes to update notification 000035 published on 30 January 2020 as follows:

Previous
19 February, Facility and Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 40 TJ/d
22 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 20 TJ/d

Updated
19 February, Facility and Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 35 TJ/d

OMV New Zealand Limited wishes to advise of a scheduled reduction in deliverability at Pohokura as follows:

24 February 2020, Facility Maintenance, estimated reduction 50 TJ

Any update to this notice will be advised in due course.

Nova Energy on behalf of Todd Energy advises that the Mckee - Mangahewa production station will be undergoing planned maintenance, from the 4/3/2020 till 6/3/2020 and again 12/3/2020 till 14/3/2020, which will result in a reduction of 18TJ a day.

OMV New Zealand Limited on behalf of Maui Development Limited wishes to advice the following instances of reduced deliverability during February 2020:

19 February, Facility and Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 40 TJ/d
22 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 20 TJ/d

OMV New Zealand Limited refers to notifications 000025 and 000029 posted on 13 December and 18 December 2019 respectively. Please be advised of the following update to this notification:

Previous:
24-25 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

Update: (provisional)
2-3 March, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

OMV New Zealand Limited advises of an update to notices 000025 and 000029 issued on 13 December and 18 December 2019 respectively, and notice 000031 issued on 8 January 2020. The POW-2 well has now been restarted, but has not yet returned to levels that it previously produced at.

As a consequence:

1. The Well Maintenance work scheduled to be completed on 23 January has been extended to 27 January.
2. The impact of this extension is 35TJ/d on 24-26 January and 80TJ/d on 27 January.
3. The reduction stated on 27 January includes the impact of the previously advised Facility Maintenance work.
4. From 28 January, the impact of the POW-2 reduction is estimated to be up to 20TJ/d.

We will provide a further update in due course.

Beach Energy advises that a routine offshore well intervention campaign is planned on the 3 Kupe wells between 3 – 29 February 2020. Kupe is forecast to have intermittent reduction to deliverability (~10-15TJ/day) during this time. Activity will be weather dependent as Kupe is an unmanned platform and daily helicopter flights will be required to support this work.

OMV New Zealand Limited advises an unplanned outage of one its Pohokura production wells. The POW-2 well is currently unavailable and at this stage it is not clear when the well can returned to production.

The estimated reduction in deliverability is approximately 40 TJs per day.

We will provide further information in due course.

Flexgas Ltd advises that the planned outage at the Ahuroa Gas Storage facility from Monday 16 December to Friday 20 December 2019 has been extended by 1 day. It will now finish at the end of 21 December 2019. The outage is a full plant outage affecting injection and withdrawal from the facility.

The shutdown is required to tie-in facilities relating to the expansion of Ahuroa to 65 TJ/d injection and withdrawal capacity.

This notification page will be used to update any changes to these dates.

OMV New Zealand Limited refers to notification 000025 posted on 13 December 2019. Please be advised of the following updates to this notification:

Previous:
6-16 January, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-35 TJ/d
27 January, Facility Maintenance, estimated reduction 40 TJ/d
24-25 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

Updated:
13-23 January, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-35 TJ/d
27 January, Facility Maintenance, estimated reduction 40 TJ/d
24-25 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJ/d

OMV New Zealand has previously announced that it will undertake proactive inspection and maintenance work in 2020 on the undersea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field (announced on the 18th of October 2019) and also at the onshore production station (announced on the 29th of July 2019).

In those announcements we identified that during the work on the Pohokura production station all gas production from the Pohokura field would be shutdown between 11 and 24th of March 2020. It was also identified that the pipeline inspection and maintenance work was still in the planning phase and that there was a risk that the pipeline would need to be shutdown to complete the required work.

Planning for the pipeline outage is now materially complete and to safely and efficiently execute the required work the undersea pipeline will need to be shutdown close to the start of the production station outage (11 March 2020) and for one to three weeks beyond the end of the production station outage. An approximate start date and a range of durations is given as the work is dependent on mobilisation of a suitable vessel from overseas, weather, sea state and subsea visibility. It is however possible that the inspection may identify further remedial actions that require additional offshore gas production outages. When the pipeline is shutdown and the onshore production station is operating, the onshore wells are expected to be available to flow.

Beach Energy advises that due to low demand for gas and a trip on the hot oil heating system there has been an reduction in Kupe production from 72.5TJ/day to 40TJ/day for Wednesday 18th December

Nova Energy on Behalf of Todd Energy advises that Kapuni production station will be undergoing planned maintenance from the 25/2/2020 till 28/2/2020. This will result in a full field shutdown and gas reduction of 27TJ a day

OMV New Zealand Limited advises that in addition to the outage Pohokura production station maintenance work planned for the 11-24 March, Pohokura is currently forecasted to have reduced deliverability on the following dates within the next six months:

6-16 January, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-35 TJs
27 January, Facility Maintenance, estimated reduction 40 TJs
24-25 February, Well Maintenance, estimated reduction 25-40 TJs

Planned outages beyond six months:
1 day partial outage - July - Safety Inspection
1 day partial outage - August - Pressure Testing
5 day partial outage - October - Well Testing

Flexgas Ltd advises that there will be a planned outage at the Ahuroa Gas Storage facility from Monday 16 December to Friday 20 December 2019 inclusive. The outage will be a full plant outage affecting injection and withdrawal from the facility.

The shutdown is required to tie-in facilities relating to the expansion of Ahuroa to 65 TJ/d injection and withdrawal capacity.

This notification page will be used to update any changes to these dates.

Beach Energy advises that there has been an unplanned production outage at Kupe Production Station on Monday 9th December, plant came off line @ 08:55hrs and resume exporting @ 11:50hrs, Reason for the plant trip is being investigated.

Beach Energy advises that there has been an unplanned production outage at Kupe Production Station on Monday 7th December, plant came off line @ 08:55hrs and resume exporting @ 11:50hrs, Reason for the plant trip is being investigated.

Beach Energy wishes to advise that there was an unplanned production outage at Kupe Sunday 08 December at 02:10 during a lightning storm which caused voltage fluctuations that affected some plant equipment. The plant was successfully restarted at 07:00 once the weather system had passed.

Beach Energy advises the Kupe Production Station planned outage has been successfully completed with the plant returning to full production availability on Wednesday 27 November.

Beach Energy advises that the planned 4 yearly outage at Kupe is nearing completion. All major activity has been completed and plant de-isolation has commenced. Return to production is still anticipated to occur Wednesday 27th November. This notification page will be used to update any change to the planned re-start date.

Beach Energy advises that the planned 4 yearly outage at Kupe is tracking in accordance with the plan. The majority of the major activities are nearing completion allowing box-up and de-isolations to commence. At this stage the plan is indicating mechanical complete to occur on the 24th with return to production still anticipated to occur 27th November. This notification page will be used to update any change to the planned re-start date.

Beach Energy advises that the planned 4 yearly outage at Kupe is tracking in accordance with the plan. All of the main work activities have commenced with no schedule impacting emergent work identified so far. Return to production anticipated to occur 27th November.

Beach Energy advises that the planned 4 yearly outage commenced Wednesday 27th November in accordance with the plan, and with the notification issued in July. The plant isolations, draining & purging phase was successfully completed between Wednesday and Sunday allowing the main mechanical work phase to commence today, Monday 04th. At this early stage of the outage, the plan indicates a re-start date of 27th November. This notification page will be used to update any change to the planned re-start date.

Flexgas Ltd advises that there will be a planned outage at the Ahuroa Gas Storage facility from Friday 8 February to Sunday 23 February 2020 inclusive. The outage will be a full plant outage affecting injection and withdrawal from the facility.

The shutdown is required for the four yearly regulatory inspection and testing of pressure vessels, pipework and other safety critical equipment.

This notification page will be used to update any changes to these dates.

OMV New Zealand has announced it will be undertaking proactive inspection and maintenance work next year on the undersea pipeline at the Pohokura natural gas field. The flexible pipeline connects the Pohokura offshore wells and platform to the onshore production station. The field also produces natural gas from onshore wells.

OMV became the operator of the field in December 2018, and since then OMV has undertaken a review of 2018 outage event ahead of the mandatory pipeline recertification due in mid-2020. As a result, OMV will undertake a full pipeline inspection and any necessary maintenance work in Q1 and Q2 2020. The work is currently in the design and planning phase. Its scope will be finalised, in conjunction with endorsements by the pipeline certifier, by December 2019.

Except during the separate Pohokura production station maintenance work announced by OMV on 29 July 2019, the onshore wells would be expected to be available to flow during the pipeline inspection programme. It is however possible that the inspection may identify remedial action that requires offshore outages in order to undertake the work. The exact duration and timing of any offshore shutdown periods will remain subject to the final plan meeting regulatory requirements, as well as operational and weather related impacts. The safety of people, environment and the assets, will be paramount throughout the campaign.

As a transparent operator, we will communicate with market participants to ensure clear notification in advance of any potential impacts.

Beach Energy advises repairs have been successfully completed and the Kupe Production Station has returned back to full production availability on Monday 7th October

Beach Energy advises that the unplanned reduced production from Kupe is ongoing. Repairs are progressing in accordance with the plan to rectify the problem on the KWHP and anticipate a return to full production availability mid way through Monday 7th gas day.

Beach Energy advises that the unplanned reduced production from Kupe is ongoing, repairs are progressing to rectify the problem on the KWHP and anticipate a return back to full production Monday 7th October, once the repairs and commissioning have been completed on Sunday 6th October.

Beach Energy advises that the unplanned reduced production from Kupe is ongoing, Plans are in place to rectify the problem and anticipate a return back to full production from Kupe on Sunday 6th October.

Beach Energy advises that the unplanned reduced production from Kupe is ongoing, Plans are in place to rectify the problem, Beach Energy will update when more information comes to hand.

Beach Energy advises that there has been an unplanned reduced production from Kupe. The cause is under investigation and Beach will provide further updates when more information comes to hand.

Kupe Production Station resume gas export @ 09:28hrs Sunday 22nd September

Beach Energy advises that the unplanned production outage at Kupe is ongoing. Plans are in place to rectify the problem and we conservatively estimate the plant to return to production Sunday 22nd @ approximately 08:00hrs

Beach Energy advises that there has been an unplanned production outage at Kupe. Cause of the trip is under investigation and Beach will provide further updates when more information comes to hand

Beach Energy advises that there will be a planned 4 yearly full plant outage at Kupe from Wednesday 30th October - Wednesday 27th November 2019 to carry out regulatory and integrity based inspections. Works also include maintenance and project activity that requires a full plant shutdown.
This notification page will be used to update any changes to these dates.

This notification advises that in March 2020 there will be a planned outage at Pohokura to carry out regulatory and integrity based inspections and to complete critical maintenance requiring facility shutdown.
Timing – Wednesday March 11th to Tuesday 24th March 2020 (14 Days)
We will advise if there is any change to these dates.

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