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Extract from BHP Billiton Petroleum Operational and Financial Review 2005

Australia

GRIFFIN FACTSHEET
HIGHLIGHTS
The Griffin-3 Water Shut Off Campaign was completed and a sliding-sleeve arrangement to allow the remote switching from one reservoir flow to another was installed

The Griffin oil and gas project is located 62 km offshore on the North West Shelf in Western Australian waters. Oil and gas from the Griffin, Chinook and Scindian fields in the Carnarvon Basin are produced via the Griffin Venture, an FPSO facility. The Griffin Venture is a disconnectable vessel that can relocate in the event of a cyclone. The processing facilities onboard separate the produced oil, water and gas. Water is treated and discharged into the sea, gas is treated and compressed and either exported for sale or recycled for gas-lift to the oil producers. The oil is stored on board and the gas is piped to shore near Onslow, and then exported directly into the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline. Although Griffin gas is out of spec, the relatively small gas volume, when blended with the stream from the North West Shelf, maintains the pipeline gas inert content within specification. In 2005, as part of the Griffin-3 Water Shut Off (WSO) Campaign, a sliding-sleeve arrangement to allow the remote switching from one reservoir flow to another was installed. The installation consisted of: Isolating the lower Unit 1B Zeepaard perforations, which are considered depleted, to allow more efficient and incremental recovery from the upper Unit 1A Zeepaard perforations. Perforating the Birdrong reservoir to allow production at a later date. Installing an intelligent completion to allow selective production from the Zeepaard or Birdrong reservoirs. The system will allow this operation to be executed from the Griffin Venture without further rig intervention. The well will use the existing Griffin-3 flowline system, therefore no modifications are required to the Griffin Venture facilities.

PRODUCTION FY05
Net production (our share)
Crude oil Gas 1.8 MMbbl 2.67 Bcf

Gross (total) production


Crude oil Gas 3.9 MMbbl 5.95 Bcf

OWNERSHIP
BHP Billiton (Operator) Mobil Inpex Alpha 45% 35% 20%

Licence Gas Field

Oil Field Gas Pipeline

HSEC
The HSEC performance on the Griffin Venture in FY 2005 improved compared to the previous financial year. We continued to implement the Fatal Risk Protocols, and a gap analysis audit was completed with a view to full compliance in FY 2006. A highlight for the year was the development of a Behaviour Based Safety system. The majority of Griffin personnel also underwent health checks and skin cancer screening.

PRODUCTION
Griffin crude oil production in FY 2005 was 3.9 MMbbl gross (1.8 MMbbl net to BHP Billiton), or an average of 10,600 bbl/d (gross). Griffin total gas sales were 5.95 Bcf gross (2.67 Bcf net to BHP Billiton), or an average of 16.3 MMcf/d (gross).

A whale alongside the Griffin Venture

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