Port Kembla Pipeline Project
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The Port Kembla Pipeline Project is an idle natural gas pipeline in Australia.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from the Port Kembla FSRU and connects to the Eastern Gas Pipeline.[2]
Project Details
PKGT to Springhill Road
- Operator: Jemena[3]
- Owner: Australian Industrial Energy (AIE)[3]
- Parent company: Tattarang Pty Ltd[4]
- Proposed capacity: 485 terajoules per day / 459.69 million cubic feet per day[5]
- Length: 4.3km[2]
- Diameter: 18 inches[3]
- Status: Idle[6][7]
- Start Year: 2027[7]
- Formerly 2025[8]
Port Kembla Lateral Looping
- Operator: Jemena[3]
- Owner: Jemena[6]
- Parent company: SGSP (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd[9]
- Proposed capacity: 485 terajoules per day / 459.69 million cubic feet per day[5]
- Length: 7.8km[2]
- Diameter: 18 inches[3]
- Status: Idle[6][7]
- Start Year: 2027[7]
- Formerly 2025[8]
Background
In June 2020, Jemena submitted a plan for the pipeline to the New South Wales government. Jemena director Frank Tudor asserted that a connection to the Port Kembla FSRU would provide cheaper gas than the proposed West-East Gas Pipeline from western Australia.[10]
In March 2021, it was announced that Jemena had signed a deal with Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) to connect the Port Kembla FSRU LNG import terminal to the Eastern Gas Pipeline via a 12.1-kilometer pipeline that Jemena will build and operate.[5] The initial segment of this pipeline, the PKGT to Springhill Road segment (4.3 km), is owned by AIE, and was approved as part of the larger Port Kembla FSRU project. This segment runs from the Port Kembla FSRU and ties into the existing Port Kembla lateral pipeline and the Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline (7.8 km), which are both a part of the Eastern Gas Pipeline, owned by Jemena.[2]
The pipeline was estimated to cost AUD$70 million.[11]
Construction commenced in December 2022.[12] The entire 12.1 km pipeline was complete in 2023, though the Port Kembla FSRU is not expected to begin operations until at least 2027 amid shifting demand forecasts.[7][6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Jemena to connect Port Kembla gas terminal to Eastern Gas Pipeline, NW Energy Business, Jun. 11, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN" (PDF). jemena.com.au. 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Jemena Port Kembla Pipeline Project Noise Management Subplan" (PDF). Squadron Energy. December 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Portfolio | Tattarang". Tattarang. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Adnan Bajic, Jemena, AIE firm up Port Kembla LNG pipeline connection, Offshore Energy, Mar. 18, 2021, accessed Aug. 6, 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline Project | Jemena". www.jemena.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "'Ready to go' gas terminal mothballed until 2027 amid demand shift". Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 LNG Prime Staff (2022-12-15). "Jemena to start building pipeline to connect Port Kembla LNG import terminal". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ "Energy Charter Disclosure | Jemena". www.jemena.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ Mark Ludlow, Imported gas is cheaper than WA pipeline, says Jemena boss, Australian Financial Review, Jun. 11, 2020.
- ↑ Swagath, BV (2020-06-11). "Jemena to connect Port Kembla gas terminal to Eastern Gas Pipeline". NS Energy. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ Carayol, Clémence. "Jumping water on the Port Kembla looping project - The Australian Pipeliner". www.pipeliner.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
