Crux Gas Pipeline
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Crux Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Australia.[1]
Location
The pipeline is proposed to run from the Crux gas field in the Browse Basin offshore northwest Australia to the Prelude FLNG Terminal off the coast of Broome, Australia.[1]
Project details
- Operator: Royal Dutch Shell[1]
- Owner: Royal Dutch Shell (82%), Seven Group Holdings (15%), Osaka Gas Holdings (3%)[1]
- Parent company: Royal Dutch Shell, Seven Group Holdings, Osaka Gas Holdings
- Capacity: 550 MMcfd[2][1]
- Length: 160 kilometers[3]
- Diameter: 26 inches[4]
- Status: Proposed[1][5]
- Start year: 2027[2]
- Financing: FID (2022)[2]
- Associated infrastructure: Prelude FLNG Terminal
Background
A final investment decision was expected to be made in 2020[1], but Shell delayed this in April 2020[6] due to weaker global LNG demand and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shell took final investment decision (FID) on the Crux project in May 2022.[2][7] The project is expected to begin commercial production in 2027.[2] The Crux project is the primary source of backfill gas for the Prelude FLNG Terminal.[8]
In 2023, Shell has submitted an environmental plan to Australia's offshore energy regulator, NOPSEMA, and is awaiting approval to begin the installation of the drilling template on the Crux gas field.[9]
In March 2025, the environmental plan for the pipeline was approved. It was reported that construction of the pipeline and its cold commission would take approximately five months.[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Crux Project, Offshore Technology, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wilkinson, Rick (August 16, 2022). "Shell plans development drilling at Crux for gas backfill to Prelude". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Project Overview | Shell Australia". www.shell.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ Kelvin Sam, Shell to re-tender for Crux deck around mid-2021, Connect Upstream Insight, May 5, 2021, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ Cavcic, Melisa (2025-03-06). "Shell gets Australia's blessing for work on giant offshore gas project". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ Kevin Morrison, Australian regulator okays Shells Crux gas field plan, Argus Media, Aug. 6, 2020, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Shell Greenlights $2.5 Billion Crux Gas Project Off Australia". pgjonline.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ↑ "Industry environment plans". info.nopsema.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ↑ Cavcic, Melisa (July 24, 2023). "Shell awaits green light for work on gas project off Australia". Offshore Energy. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Writer, Staff. "Shell clears regulatory hurdle for Crux project - The Australian Pipeliner". www.pipeliner.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
