Carpentaria Gas Pipeline
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The Carpentaria Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Ballera, Durham in southwest Queensland to customers in Mount Isa and the surrounding Carpentaria mineral province via the Cannington Lateral.[2]
Project Details
Main Line
- Operator: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Owner: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Parent Company: APA Group Ltd[3]
- Capacity: 119 TJ/d[1]
- Length: 840 km[1]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start Year: 1998[4]
Cannington Lateral
- Operator: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Owner: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Parent Company: APA Group Ltd[3]
- Capacity: 17.5 TJ/d[4]
- Length: 96 km[4]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start Year: 1998[4]
Capacity Expansion
Main Line Twinning Project
- Operator: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Owner: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited)[3]
- Parent Company: APA Group Ltd[3]
- Capacity: 1081 TJ/d[5]
- Length: 840 km[5]
- Status: Cancelled
- Start year: 2028[5]
Background
The Carpentaria Gas Pipeline (CGP) Mainline and Cannington Lateral are operated by the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Joint Venture (APT Pipelines (QLD) Pty Limited and Roverton Pty Limited.[2] The CGP is subject to light regulation under the NGL by the AER.[2]
Conflicts of Interest
In November 2015, it was announced that Asian conglomerate Jemena was the preferred bidder to build a AU$800 million link between the Carpentaria pipeline and the Amadeus Pipeline in the Northern Territory.[6] The Lock The Gate Alliance NT questioned the impartiality of the person chosen by NT Chief Minister Adam Giles to study ways to transport Northern Territory gas to the eastern grid. "There are very strong links between the NT Government's key adviser on the development of the onshore gas industry in the Territory, Dr Allan Hawke, and the successful proponent, Jemena," said Lauren Mellor from The Lock The Gate Alliance.[6]
Capacity Expansion for Beetaloo Basin
In the 2021 Australian National Gas Infrastructure Plan (NGIP), a major component of unlocking Beetaloo Basin natural gas resources is building the Beetaloo Lateral Pipeline, and along with it, a 350-terajoule-per-day expansion of either the Amadeus Gas Pipeline, the Northern Gas Pipeline, or the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline.[5]
As of 2025, no progress had been reported on the capacity expansion project. Given the lack of updates, as well as the lack of large-scale production in the Beetaloo Basin, the project is considered cancelled.
Mainline twinning project
In the 2021 Australian Gas Infrastructure Plan, a potential parallel pipeline along the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Mainline was suggested as part of large-scale Beetaloo Basin development, which mentioned potential twinning or further expansion of the pipeline up to 1200 terajoules per day.[5]
As of 2025, no progress had been reported on the twinning project. Given the lack of updates, as well as the lack of large-scale production in the Beetaloo Basin, the project is considered cancelled.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 State of the Energy Market 2021, Australian Energy Regulator, accessed Aug. 11, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 QLD: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline, Australian Energy Market Commission, accessed Aug. 11, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "QLD: Carpentaria Gas Pipeline". AEMC. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Carpentaria Gas Pipeline". www.apa.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Australia 2021 National Gas Infrastructure Plan" (PDF). Australia Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Anti-fracking group questions connection between NT inquiry and successful pipeline bidder, ABC News, Nov. 17, 2015, accessed Aug. 11, 2021.
