Wheatstone Project
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence toOperate LNG Trains 1 and 2 andCommon FacilitiesDocument ID:ABU190700956Revision ID:1.0Revision Date:August 2019Information Sensitivity:Public Confidential
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common FacilitiesContents1234Introduction . 11.1Proponent . 11.2Project Overview. 11.3Document Scope . 21.4Licensing Strategy . 3Project Location and Tenure . 52.1Project Location . 52.2Tenure . 5Proposal Description . 63.1Prescribed Premises Boundary . 73.2Existing Licenced Facilities . 7Facility Description and Plant Process . 84.1Pre-treatment and LNG Production . 84.1.1Acid Gas Removal Unit, Dehydration and Mercury Removal . 84.1.2UnitLiquefaction and Refrigerant Compression, including Nitrogen Rejection84.1.3 Heavy Hydrocarbon Removal and Fractionation (Licensor ProprietarySection) . 94.2Common Facilities . 94.2.1Inlet Gas Conditioning and Condensate Stabilisation System. 94.2.2Fuel Gas and Recycle Gas Systems . 94.2.3Power Generation System. 94.2.4Heating Medium System . 104.2.5Pressure Relief / Liquids Disposal and Flare Systems . 104.2.6Diesel Storage and Distribution . 104.2.7LNG and Condensate Product Storage and Export Facilities . 104.2.8Refrigerant Storage Unit . 104.2.9Fire and Gas Protection Systems . 104.2.10 Plant and Instrument Air System . 104.2.11 Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage . 114.2.12 Water System. 124.2.13 Nitrogen System . 124.2.14 Hydrocarbon and Chemical Storage . 125Inputs, Outputs, and Proposed Monitoring . 135.1Inputs . 135.1.1Production Stream. 13Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage iii
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common Facilities5.265.1.2Desalinated Water . 135.1.3Process Chemicals. 135.1.4Boil-off Gas . 13Outputs . 135.2.1Products . 135.2.2Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage . 135.2.3Solid and Liquid Wastes . 145.2.4Atmospheric Emissions . 145.3Key Receptors . 155.4Proposed Monitoring . 165.4.1Atmospheric Emissions . 165.4.2Ambient Air Quality Monitoring . 185.4.3Stormwater Monitoring . 18Existing Regulatory Controls . 196.1National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 . 196.2Planning and Development Act 2005 . 196.3 Environmental Protection Act 1986 and Environment Protection and BiodiversityConservation Act 1999 . 196.4Environmental Protection Act 1986 Part V . 206.4.17Works Approval W5584 and W5480 . 206.5Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 . 206.6Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 . 20Existing Environment . 217.1Climate . 217.2Landforms. 217.3Surface and Ground Waters . 227.4Flora and Vegetation. 227.5Fauna . 237.6Ambient Air Quality . 238Stakeholder and Community Consultation . 249Environmental Impacts and Management . 259.1Emissions to Air . 259.2Odour Emissions . 269.3Light Emissions. 269.4Noise Emissions . 279.5Stormwater Management . 279.6Solid and Liquid Waste Management . 28Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage iv
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common Facilities9.7Management of Environmentally Hazardous Materials . 2810 Licence Application Fee Calculation . 3011 Acronyms and Abbreviations . 3112 References . 35Appendix AProof of Occupancy . 38Appendix BPrescribed Premise . 39Appendix CPollution Control Equipment . 40Appendix DMonitoring Equipment . 41Appendix EFee Calculation . 42TablesTable 1-1: Supporting Information Requirements . 2Table 2-1: Gazetted Lot and Plan Details . 5Table 3-1: Application Infrastructure Details . 6Table 3-2: Applicable Schedule 1 Prescribed Premises Category Criteria. 7Table 5-1: Key Air Emission Point Sources and Associated Major Emissions . 14Table 5-2 Location of Key Sensitive Land Use Receptors . 15Table 5-3: Emissions Monitoring Program. 17Table 10-1: Summary of Licence Fee Costs . 30Table 11-1: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions . 31Table 12-1: References. 35FiguresFigure 1-1: Wheatstone Project Offshore and Onshore Facilities . 1Figure 4-1: LNG Train Process Diagram . 8Figure 7-1: Climate Averages for Onslow Airport . 21Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage v
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common Facilities11.1IntroductionProponentChevron Australia Pty Ltd (CAPL) is operator of the Wheatstone Project on behalfthe Wheatstone joint venture participants— the Australian subsidiaries of ChevronCorporation, Woodside Petroleum, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum ExplorationCompany, Kyushu Electric Power Company, and PE Wheatstone, a companypart-owned by JERA.1.2Project OverviewThe Wheatstone Project is one of Australia's largest resource projects, comprisingoffshore facilities and onshore domestic gas (Domgas) and liquefied natural gas(LNG) processing plants (Figure 1-1).Figure 1-1: Wheatstone Project Offshore and Onshore FacilitiesOffshore facilities for the Wheatstone Project will be used for gas gathering andprocessing. An offshore platform will initially treat gas and condensate (a lowdensity mixture of hydrocarbon [HC] liquids), which will then be transported via asubsea pipeline to the onshore LNG processing facility.Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage 1
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common FacilitiesThe onshore LNG processing facility is located on the north-west coast of WesternAustralia (WA) 12 km south-west of Onslow (Figure 1-1). The foundation projectcomprises two LNG trains, a Domgas Plant, and common facilities, and iscollectively referred to as the LNG Plant in this application unless otherwisestated. As outlined in Works Approval W5584/2014/1 (Ref. 1), the LNG Plant willbe constructed, commissioned, and started in a staged approach.The scope of this licence application is set out below.1.3Document ScopeThis supporting document, together with the Application Form, constitutes thelicence application for the operation of LNG Trains 1 and 2 and their commonfacilities, as defined in Section 3, using feed gas delivered from offshore gas fields(see Figure 1-1).Not in ScopeFacilities not in scope for this document include: Domgas Plant solid and liquid wastes, which are administered under these licences:–LNG Plant Waste Storage Facility (L8976/2016/1) (Ref. 2)–Waste Management Site (L8759/2013/1) (Ref. 3)–Concrete Storage Area (L9082/2017/1) (Ref. 4) sanitary treatment system, waste discharge from the reverse osmosis (RO)plant; combined effluent sump; and permanent ocean outfall pipeline anddiffuser (covered by W5671/2014/1) (Ref. 5) Construction Village STPs, which are administered under the WheatstoneVillage and LNG Plant Temporary Utilities licence (L8650/2012/1) (Ref. 6). discharge of non-contaminated stormwater and potentially contaminatedwastewaters (related to LNG Trains 1 and 2, common facilities, and areaslocated within proposed prescribed premises), which are administered underW5584/2014/1 (Ref. 1) and W5671/2014/1 (Ref. 5), respectively.Application Form RequirementsIn accordance with the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation(DWER) Application Form, Table 1-1 summarises the supporting informationprovided in this document.Table 1-1: Supporting Information RequirementsApplication Form Information and Attachment RequirementSection of DocumentPart 1 – Application typeSection 1Part 2 – Applicant detailsSection 1Attachment 1A – Proof of occupier statusSection 2, Appendix AAttachment 1B – Company extractAppendix APart 3 – Premises detailsSection 3Attachment 2 – Premises maps, prescribed premise boundary,layout of key infrastructure, emission/discharge points, andsensitive receptorsAppendix BDocument ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage 2
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common FacilitiesApplication Form Information and Attachment RequirementSection of DocumentPart 3.3 – Proposed prescribed premise coordinatesAppendix BPart 4 – Proposed activitiesSections 4 and 5, Figure 4-1Part 6 – Other DWER approvalsSection 6Part 7 – Other approvals and consultationSections 6 and 8Attachment 5 – details of other approvalsNot applicablePart 8 – Fit and competent operatorSee Application FormPart 9 – Emissions, discharges, and wasteSection 9Part 10 – Siting and locationSection 5.3Attachment 7 – Siting and locationSection 5.3Part 11 – Submission of any other relevant informationThis supporting report and appendicesAttachment 8 – Other relevant informationThis supporting report and appendicesPart 12 – Proposed fee calculationAttachment 9Section 10Appendix EPart 13 – Submission of applicationSee Application FormPart 14 – Declaration and signatureSee Application FormAttachment 10 – Request for exemption from publicationNot required1.4Licensing StrategyPermanent facilities at the LNG Plant that are being constructed, commissioned,and started up in accordance with Part V of the Western Australian EnvironmentalProtection Act 1986 (EP Act) include: LNG and Domgas Plants (Stages 1, 2, and 3) LNG and condensate storage facilities LNG Plant waste storage facility.CAPL’s ultimate intention is to hold a single Licence to Operate for the permanentfacilities as described in Works Approvals W5584/2014/1, W5480/2013/1, andW5671/2014/1 (Ref. 1; Ref. 7; Ref. 5) pursuant to Part V of the EP Act. CAPL isapplying for Licences to Operate the LNG Plant in stages, reflecting the stagedapproach for construction, commissioning, and start-up of these permanentfacilities.The prescribed premises boundary proposed for this licence application, as shownin Appendix B, encompasses LNG Trains 1 and 2, the common facilities, and theLNG and condensate storage facilities.A licence application to incorporate the Domgas facility will be submitted whenthat facility is commissioned. When additional permanent facilities become thesubject of a Part V Licence to Operate, the prescribed premises boundary will beextended to include these facilities in the licence.Facilities subject to existing Part V licences, such as the Wheatstone Village andLNG Plant Temporary Utilities (L8650/2012/1) (Ref. 6), continue to operate inaccordance with those licences.Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage 3
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common FacilitiesThis approach is not predicted to result in any cumulative or additiveenvironmental issues that cannot be assessed during the relevant licensing stage.Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage 4
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common Facilities22.1Project Location and TenureProject LocationThe Wheatstone Project LNG Plant site is situated in the Shire of Ashburton, inthe Pilbara region of WA, 12 km south-west of Onslow. Land uses in the Shire ofAshburton—an area of 106 000 km2—include mining and grazing, with fishingoccurring in waters off the Pilbara coast.The LNG Plant is connected to the Wheatstone Village by a new road networkand Onslow township is accessible from these areas via Onslow Road.The Onslow Solar Salt Project, operated by Onslow Salt Pty Ltd, holds a lease 5 km east of the LNG Plant site and 6 km north-east of the Wheatstone Village.2.2TenureTable 2-1 lists the LNG Plant’s Lot and Plan details.Table 2-1: Gazetted Lot and Plan DetailsPart Lot NumberPlan Number23819520656771345569Document ID: ABU190700956Revision ID: 1.0 Revision Date: August 2019Information Sensitivity: Public ConfidentialUncontrolled when PrintedPage 5
Wheatstone ProjectSupporting Document for a Licence to Operate LNG Trains 1 and 2 and Common Facilities3Proposal DescriptionThis application proposes to licence LNG Trains 1 and 2 and common facilities(including LNG and condensate storage facilities) under Part V of the EP Act. Thespecific infrastructure components included in this licence application are listed inTable 3-1.Table 3-1: Application Infrastructure DetailsCore ComponentsIncluded InfrastructureLNG Trains 1 and 2LNG processing trains 1 and 2, including for each train:LNG andCondensate StorageFacilitiesCommon Utilities Acid gas removal, including an acid gas thermal oxidiser (AGTO) for each train Dehydration and mercury removal Liquefaction and refrigerant compression, including nitrogen rejection and he
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (CAPL) is operator of the Wheatstone Project on behalf the Wheatstone joint venture participants— the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron Corporation, Woodside Petroleum, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Kyushu Electric Power Company, and PE Wheatstone
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Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (Chevron) is the proponent for the Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project. The Joint Venture Participants in the Wheatstone Project are Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, Apache Corporation, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Shell, Kyushu Electric P
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (Chevron) is the proponent for the Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project. The Joint Venture Participants in the Wheatstone Project are Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, Apache Corporation, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Shell, Kyushu Electric Power Company and
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