This week, 'First Gas' flowed from the Netherby Field, offshore Victoria, back to the onshore processing facility at Iona, Australia.

The Netherby and Henry Gas Fields, in the VIC/P44 permit, are being developed by AWE in conjunction with their Joint Venture partners. This Stage 2 development incorporates tying in the two offshore fields to the existing Casino subsea facilities.

At Year End 2009, the Henry-Netherby fields were estimated to have a combined 2P gross recoverable natural gas reserve of 330 Bcf (82.5 Bcf AWE share). Construction of the new offshore facilities, which started in early December last year, was completed on 15 February 2010. This included installing 22 kilometres of subsea pipelines and control umbilical lines, stabilised with 650 concrete mattresses, and diver-installed tie-in spools.

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