Otway Bay
Australia, Port Campbell
2004

At the beginning of the century, two offshore gas fields were discovered off the coast of Victoria (Southeast Australia). Their development is the mission of the "Otway Bay Projects". The gas fields were to be connected with the onshore processing plants by a pipeline that had to be installed unerground under the coast line.

The HDD rig to be used for the pipeline installation required a "start-up aid" because it could not start working in the in the initially unstable geology of sand and gravel. A retractable AVN800XC by Herrenknecht excavated 230 meters of tunnel a gradient of 17 degrees until it hit stable rock at a depth of 120 meters. With the cutterhead folded, the machine could be pulled back through the duct. The starting signal sounded for the HDD rig.

Otway Gas Project

Data Sheet

Country, Location

Australia, Port Campbell

Year

2004

Application

Gas

Geology

Soft ground
Sand, gravel

Tunnelling length

230 m

Machine Data

1x AVN Machine:
Diameter: 1,220 mm
Lining method: Pipe jacking
Cutterhead power: 75 kW
Torque: 90 kNm

Your contact person Contact us

Steffen Dubé President and General Manager Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA Inc.
Gerhard Goisser Commercial Manager Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, Inc.