ABSTRACT

The Yolla A Platform was installed in the central Bass Strait (Australia) in March 2004 as part of the BassGas Project, for client/operator Origin Energy. The site location is shown in Figure 1.

The Yolla A Platform is shown in Figure 2. The platform is a self installing steel gravity base platform, and is one of Arup’s ACE range of offshore platforms. The foundation comprises a skirted foundation, with skirts penetrating 5.4 m into the seabed (forming 12 individual compartments in the base).