Specifications - Kipper Gas Field, Gippsland Basin, Bass Strait, Australia

Key Data
Location	In 100m of water, 45km from Ninety Mile Beach on the Gippsland coast of Victoria
Reserves (Proven and Probable)	Sales gas – 610 Petajoules Recoverable condensate and LPG – 30 million barrels of oil equivalent
Discovery	1986
Production Licence	VIC/L25
Granted	17 July 2006
Detailed D&P	2008
Offshore Construction / Installation	2010
First Gas Production	First half of 2011
Phase Two Implementation	2015
Key Players
Partners – Kipper Unit Joint Venture	Santos Limited – 35% ExxonMobil Australia – 32.5% (operator) BHP Billiton – 32.5%
Partners – Gippsland Joint Venture	ExxonMobil Australia – 50% (operator) BHP Billiton – 50%