Kupe Gas Pipeline
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The Kupe Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in New Zealand.
Location
The pipeline runs from the Kupe offshore gas field to an onshore processing production station before being transported to Kapuni where it connects with the First Gas Transmission Pipeline.[1]
Project details
- Operator: Beach Energy Ltd[1]
- Owner: Beach Energy Ltd. (50.0%); Genesis (46.0%); Echelon Resources (4.0%)[2]
- Capacity: 77 TJ/d[3]
- Length: 41.7 kilometers[1]
- Diameter: 300 mm[4]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2010[5]
- Associated Infrastructure: Kupe Oil and Gas Field (New Zealand), First Gas Transmission Pipeline
Background
In 2006, contracts were awarded by Origin Energy for the overall development of the Kupe Oil and Gas Field (New Zealand), including a pipeline to shore and an export pipeline for sales gas. Commercial production was expected in 2009.[6]
The project came online in March 2010, with the expectation of providing 15% of New Zealand's annual needs.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Taranaki Basin | Beach Energy". Beach Energy. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ "Kupe". www.echelonresources.com. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ "New Kupe Compressor to 'Allow Us to Suck Harder on the Straw,' NZOG CEO Says". Offshore Engineer Magazine. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ "Kupe Gas Project Spoolbase - McConnell Dowell". www.mcconnelldowell.com. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kupe Gas Development Project, Taranaki - Offshore Technology". Offshore Technology. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
- ↑ "Technip awarded contract for the Kupe gas project in New Zealand". Technip Energies. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
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