Equus Gas Pipeline
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The Equus Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Australia.[1]
Location
The original Equus pipeline would run from the Carnavoran Basin offshore northwest Australia, connecting the proposed Equus FLNG offshore Onslow, Western Australia to the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial Area.[1]
The updated Equus pipeline is planned to run from the Equus gas project offshore northwest Australia to the existing Pluto A Platform in Commonwealth waters.[2]
Project details
Original Equus FLNG Gas Pipeline
The original Equus pipeline was going to run from the Equus FLNG pipeline to Ashburton North Strategic industrial area.
- Owner: Western Gas[1]
- Parent company: Western Gas
- Proposed capacity: 331.74 million cubic feet per day / 350 terajoules per day[3]
- Length: 210 km[1]
- Status: Cancelled
- Start Year: 2024[4]
Updated Equus Pluto A Pipeline
In December 2022, Western Gas signed two non-biding agreements to partner with North West Shelf Ventures and with Pluto LNG to use existing infrastructure to process gas from the Equus offshore project.[5] Through these agreements, Western Gas agreed to produce and export LNG through the Karratha Gas Plant and to process its gas at Pluto Train 1 once processing capacity becomes available for that facility.[6] The parties expect a final investment decision to be made in 2024 so that the first gas from the Equus project can be processed in 2027.[7]
As a result of these agreements and revised plans, the Equus project will comprise production wells linked by underwater infrastructure to a floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO) and a new subsea gas pipeline (the updated Equus pipeline) that will connect the FPSO to the existing Pluto A platform.[5][8] From the platform, gas will be transported through the Pluto pipeline to the Pluto LNG terminal and to the Karratha gas plant through the Pluto-Karratha interconnector pipeline.[8] The revised project plans can be found in Western Gas' Equus project website.[5]
- Owner: Western Gas[5]
- Parent company: Western Gas
- Proposed capacity:
- Length: 200 km[6]
- Status: Proposed
- Start Year: 2027[7]
Background
In November 2017, Western Gas acquired the Equus Gas Project from Hess Corporation.[9]
In December 2018 Western Gas signed a memorandum of understanding with McDermott and Baker Hughes to develop the Equus Gas Project offshore northwest Western Australia. The project included a 2 mtpa floating LNG terminal, Equus FLNG, and the 160-km Equus Gas Pipeline.[10] In September 2019 Western Gas was reported to be seeking a partner for the project.[4]
In April 2020, gasworld reported speculation that Western Gas was likely to delay the terminal due to LNG demand uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
In March 2021, Western Gas and APA Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study the possibility of delivering gas from the Equus FLNG terminal.[3]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Equus Gas Project, Western Gas, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
- ↑ OE Digital (December 20, 2022). "Western Gas to Link its Equus Gas Field to North West Shelf And Pluto LNG Plants". OE Digital. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 [1], The Australian Pipeliner, Mar. 2, 2021, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reuters Staff, Western Gas seeks partner for Equus LNG project off Western Australia, Reuters, Sep. 10, 2019, accessed Aug. 6, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Equus Gas Project". Western Gas. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Čučuk, Aida (December 20, 2022). "Western Gas partners with Pluto LNG and North West Shelf for Equus gas processing". Offshore Energy. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Western Gas signs for Equus Gas to backfill NWS and Pluto LNG plants. - Petroleum Australia". Petroleum Australia. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilkinson, Rick (Dec. 20, 2022). "Western Gas to backfill NWS, Pluto LNG plants". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Western Gas. "Our Projects - North West Shelf". Western Gas. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Rick Wilkinson, Western Gas signs MOU for Equus gas project off Western Australia, Oil & Gas Journal, Dec. 14, 2018, accessed Aug. 6, 2021.
- ↑ Joanna Sampson, Falling oil and gas prices and COVID-19 hit Australia’s flourishing LNG sector, says GlobalData, gasworld, Apr. 23, 2020, accessed Aug. 6, 2021.
