Katherine to Gove Gas Pipeline

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The Katherine to Gove Gas Pipeline was a proposed natural gas pipeline that is now cancelled.

Location

The pipeline would run from south of Katherine, Northern Territory to the alumina refinery at Gove, Northern Territory.

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Project Details

• Operator: Alcan Gove
• Parent Company: Rio Tinto
• Proposed capacity: 88.15 million cubic feet per day / 93 terajoules per day
• Length: 603 kilometers / 375 miles
• Status: Cancelled

Background

The pipeline was proposed by Pacific Aluminum, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to carry gas to its bauxite mine and alumina refinery located at Gove in northeast Arnhem Land. In December 2013 Rio Tinto announced that it was shutting down production at the mine and was canceling the pipeline.