Australia: Months before Apache gas supply returns

It will be at least two months before Apache Energy’s Varanus Island gas processing facility, off the coast of Karratha in Western Australia, will return to partial production.

Managing director Tim Wall told journalists visiting the island on Friday that one of the processing plants for the John Brookes and East Spar joint ventures had received little damage from Tuesday’s explosion and fires.


But the second plant for the Harriet joint venture was badly damaged.

The former would be repaired and brought back into production first, Mr Wall said.

“Partial sales will occur in a couple of months, after we repair two sales pipelines to the mainland, Mr he said.

“Getting this stuff out of Varanus is the problem.”

MSN