Wednesday 20 May 2020

Emperor Energy and APA Group (ASX:APA) have entered into a Binding Agreement to progress with the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) for the provision of midstream infrastructure and services related to gas that will potentially be produced from the Judith Gas Field in the 100% Emperor Energy owned VIC/P47 Permit in the offshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria.

The Pre-FEED study will include:

• Pre-FEED design for a Gas Processing Plant to operate adjacent to and in parallel with the existing Orbost Gas Processing Plant owned by APA

• Pre-FEED concept design for a Subsea Pipeline approximately 40km in length from the Judith gas field to a shoreline crossing

• Pre-FEED design for an export pipeline to the Eastern Gas Pipeline located to the north of the Orbost Gas Plant

• Refinement of indicative project cost estimates and project scheduling

The Pre-FEED study is scheduled to commence in July 2020 requiring 4 months to complete. APA will carry out the work using a balanced combination of both in house and external expertise.

The design basis for the Pre-FEED is 80mmscf/d (90TJ/day) of sales gas across a 25-year project life with gas processing to meet the AS4564 gas sales specification.

Emperor Energy and APA established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) relating to the Judith Gas Project in October 2019. The Pre-FEED Agreement is the first Binding Agreement progressing from the MOU.