Surat Gladstone Pipeline.
The Surat Gladstone Pipeline will connect Arrow Energy’s vast coal seam gas resources in the Surat Basin with a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Fisherman’s Landing in Gladstone.
Surat Gladstone Pipeline Pty Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arrow Energy Ltd (Arrow), created specifically to deliver this Project.
The Project involves the planning, construction and commissioning of a 660 mm diameter buried high-pressure steel gas transmission pipeline. which will deliver coal seam gas (CSG) from the Surat Basin near Dalby in south-eastern Queensland, to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Fisherman’s Landing, Gladstone. The proposed LNG plant will be built by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Ltd, an entity separate to SGP and Arrow Energy.
The chosen route heads generally north from the Kogan area through the local government areas of Dalby, Banana, North Burnett and Gladstone. The route continues to the west of the Barakula State Forest to the north of Chinchilla and avoids environmentally sensitive areas, such as essential habitats, endangered and threatened ecosystems and communities, and remnant (native) vegetation wherever possible.
From a point east of Callide, the route heads north-east and follows the Queensland natural gas pipeline for the remaining 64 km into Gladstone. The Premier has announced that the State will be developing the Callide Infrastructure Corridor (CIC), a 200 m wide common infrastructure corridor to contain a number of gas pipelines from the Callide area into Gladstone. The final 23 km of the route is within the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA) Infrastructure Corridor.
Construction will require a right-of-way (ROW) width of 30m for clear and grade, trenching and spoil placement, pipeline stringing, welding and laying.
It is anticipated that construction of the pipeline will start in 2011, with first gas supplied to the Fisherman’s Landing LNG Plant in late 2012. Full capaicty is expected from the beginning of 2013.
The Project will make a significant contribution to the local, regional, state and national economies, both in the construction phase and through its operational life. It will also provide employment, business and industry opportunities benefiting the wider economy.
