Overview of Liwan 3-1 Deepwater

Subsea Tieback Gas

Development

Weiqiang Liu, Chief Engineer

South China Sea Deep Water Gas Development PMT
CNOOC Limited

CONTENTS

Introduction to Liwan 3-1 Deepwater Gas

Development
Selection of Deepwater Development
Concepts
Liwan 3-1 Development Progress Report

The Geographical Location of LW3-1 Gas Field

Pan Yu 34-1/35-2/35-1
Water Depth 200-378m

Pan Yu 30-1 & Hui Zhou 21-1 (Existing)

Water Depth 200m
Liu Hua 29-1 Future Tieback
Water Depth 720m
Li Wan 3-1 Water
Depth 1500m

Liu Hua 34-2 Future Tieback

Water Depth 1146m

LW3-1 deepwater field subsea tieback to a shallow water central production platform;
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A large processing capacity reserved for future tieback developments in the vicinity.
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The Geographical Location of LW3-1 Gas Field

The Continental Shelf

o

Approximately 250km
distance from shore to the
water depth of 200m, small
slope;

Less than 100km from the

water depth of 200m to
1500m, deep slope.

Gas Resources
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Li Wan 3-1 Deepwater Field

Pan Yu34-1/35-1/35-2 Shallow

Water Fields

Liu Hua 29-1/34-2 Deepwater

Fields

Short Tieback Distance

between all the fields above
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Introduction to Liwan 3-1 Gas Development

The Liwan 3-1 Gas Field located in South China Sea, the first
deepwater development in China
CNOOC & Husky Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block
29/26 signed in 2004
The Gas Field discovered in 2006 and located approximately 310
km Southeast of Hong Kong
The subsea facilities lie in water depths ranging from 1,350 to 1,500
meters and subsea tie-back 79km to a shallow-water central
production platform located in 189.5m water depth then further
tieback 261km to an onshore gas plant
The deepwater subsea facilities operated by Husky China while the
shallow water and onshore facilities operated by CNOOC
The First Gas Production targeted for 4th Quarter 2013 for Liwan 3-1
Gas Field and 3rd Quarter 2014 for Panyu 34-1/35-1/35-2 Gas Fields
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Potential Resources in the Vicinity of LW3-1 Field

Phase Developments & Process Capacity

Facilities

Operator-CNOOC
Gaolan Onshore Terminal in Zhuhai

LW3-1

Design Process Capacity

Phase 1

Boosting: 10.0BCM/Year

Central

LW3-1 Central
Platform

Platform

Phase 2

Process: 12.0 BCM/Year

Export

Shallow

Export: 12.0 BCM/Year

Pipeline

Water

(BCM = Billions Cubic Meters)

Phase 1

Process: 8.0 BCM/Year

Phase 2

Process: 12.0 BCM/Year

Future

Process: 20.0 BCM/Year

Onshore Gas
Plant

PY34-1 Central
Platform

Process: 8.0 BCM/Year

Operator Husky
PY35-1
Subsea

LH29-1
Future

LH34-2
Future

Operator - CNOOC
LW3-1
Subsea

Liwan 3-1 Subsea Tieback Gas Development

10 Subsea wells in water depth
ranging from 1,350 to 1,500 meters
2Manifolds and 1PLEM
2 22 79 km Main Deepwater
Flowlines and 79 km Subsea
Umbilical & MEG Supply Line from
PLEM to Platform
1 30 261km shallow-water
export pipeline to onshore gas
plant
1 Central Production Platform
w/Separation, Gas Dehydration,
Compression & MEG Systems, 200
Person Living Quarters, located in
water depth of 189.5m
1 Onshore Gas Plant with an area
of 1.45 millions m2 located at the
Gaolan Island in Zhuhai next to
Macao

Onshore
Gas
Plant

Central Platform
(CEP)
Pipeline End Manifold
(PLEM)
Main Flowlines
Liuhua 34-2

West Manifold

East Manifold
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PY34-1/35-1/35-2 Subsea Tieback Gas Development

The Pan Yu 34-1 Central
Production Platform located
in water depth of 190.2m
1431.3 km shallow water
subsea pipeline to receive
mixed fluids consisting of
dry gas and dewatering
condensate from PY34-1
Platform
Panyu 35-1 and 35-2 with 7
subsea wells tied back to
PY34-1 Platform
LW3-1 Platform receives and
boost dry gas from PY34-1
Platform.
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Typical Deepwater Gas Development Scenarios in GOM

The Subsea Mensa Field in 1610m water depth tie-back 109km to a platform at West
Delta 143 in 112m water depth;
The Red Hawk Cell Spar in 1615m water depth tie-back 96km to Baldpate Platform,
designed as a floating alternative to a long-distance tieback;
The Canyon Express Fields, TLP Ram-Powell tieback to Platform Virgo, Neptune Spar
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& TLP Marlin tieback to Canyon Express Pipeline.
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Deepwater Development Scenarios for LW3-1 Gas Field

Scenario A: Spar/TLP/SEMI to Shallow Water Platform then export

to Onshore Gas Plant
Scenario B: Subsea Facilities tieback to Shallow Water Platform
then export to Onshore Gas Plant
Scenario C: Spar/TLP/SEMI directly export to Onshore Gas Plant
Scenario D: Subsea Facilities directly tie-back to Onshore Gas
Plant

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Criteria for Selection of Scenarios

Gas Sale Market and Production Rate

Location Selection for Shallow Water Platform
Location Selection for Onshore Gas Plant
Flow Assurance from Subsea Wells to Surface Facilities
Investment and Development Schedule
Future Developments in the vicinity

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Options of Floating Production Units (FPU)

TLP Tension Leg Platform

SEMI Semisubmersible Platform

Spar Deep Draft Caisson Vessel

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Main Driving Factors for LW3-1 Gas Development

Avoid a long distance tie back, therefore subsea tieback to a shallow water platform
Use mature and reliable technology of subsea facilities and shallow water jacket platform
A short development period about 3 years
An easy tieback to future developments of the gas fields in the vicinity.

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Final Selection of Liwan 3-1 Subsea Tieback Gas Development

LW 3-1 Field: 10Subsea Wells,
1PLEM, 2Manifolds, etc.
Central Production Platform:
o Located in Water Depth of 190m;
o Phase I: 8.0 billion m3/a
o Phase II: 12.0 billion m3/a
Deepwater Tieback:
o 222 79km main flowlines
o 17 79km umbilical
o 16 79km MEG supply line
Shallow Water Export:
o 130261km export line
o 12.0 billion m3/a including future
developments
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Gaolan Onshore Gas Plant Under Construction

Mechanical Completion: September 2013

Commissioning with Gas: October 2013
Gas Commercial Sale:
End of 2013
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Gaolan Onshore Gas Plant Under Construction

Gas Processing Area / Spherical Tanks

Main Process Area

Condensate (30,000m3) / Firewater Tanks (10,000m3)

Slug Catcher (175m x 85m); 7,000m3

Jetty (415m Long)

Seawall (1km) Enclosing EL+6.0m Platform

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Completion of Laying 30261km Shallow Water Export Pipeline

COOECs Shallow Water Pipe-Lay Vessel HYSY202

Globals Newbuilt Shallow Water Pipe-Lay Vessel G1201

Slope Section at Gaolan Landfall at EL+50m Platform

Normand Clough to Complete SSIV and SP on Jul 28, 2013

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Marine Spread for Deepwater Pipelay & Construction

HYSY 201 to lay 6 MEG Line

FDS2 to lay 2nd 22 Main Flowline, CRA
Infield Lines. PLEM, Manifolds, etc.
FDS1 to lay 1st 22 Main Flowline & CRA
Infield Lines, etc.

Normand Cutter to Lay Umbilical,

Jumpers, Flying Leads, etc.

Normand Baltic to Perform Pipeline Testing

& Commissioning, etc.

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32,000Te LW3-1 CEP Jacket Construction & Installation

Jacket Fabrication from Dec 2010 to Jul 2012

HYSY229 w/ CEP Jacket Sailaway July 27, 2012

Loadout onto T-Shaped Launch Barge HYSY229 July 18, 2012

Jacket Launch August 30, 2012

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26,000Te LW3-1 CEP Topsides Construction & Floatover

Installation with 4,888Te Deck Support Frame (DSF)
Topsides Fabrication from Jun 2011 to April 2013

HYSY229 w/ CEP Topsides Sailaway on May 5, 2013

Loadout onto T-Shaped Launch Barge HYSY229 April 10, 2013

The Most Challenging Floatover Installation May 23, 2013

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Concluding Remark

Safety: 28 Millions manhours so

far;
Schedule: Gas Commercial Sale by
end of 2013;
Cost: within ODP Budget;
Quality: No major quality issues.

OSHA incident
rate: 0.042

0
Death
5
Lost time
accidents
15
Near Miss

6341
Safety Observations

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Thank You!
Any Question?
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