Wallumbilla–Gladstone Pipeline
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Wallumbilla–Gladstone Pipeline, formerly known as Queensland Curtis LNG Pipeline, is an operating pipeline in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Location
The pipeline carries gas from the Surat Basin of the coast of Queensland, Australia to the Queensland Curtis LNG Terminal in Queensland, Australia.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: QGC Pty Limited[2] (owned by BG Group)
- Parent company: Royal Dutch Shell (73.75%), Global Infrastructure Partners (24.25%)[3]
- Length: 540 kilometers[1]
- Diameter: 42 inches[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2014[1]
- Financing: FID in 2010[1]
Background
The project was proposed in 2008, and construction was completed in 2014, when the project was handed over by Bechtel Australia to the BG Group and became operational.[1] While estimates for the pipeline along are not easily found, the entire projected was estimated at US$20.4 billion, part of a US$70 billion overall cost of three Curtis Island gas projects. It was originally named the Queensland Curtis LNG Pipeline.
In November 2008, BG Group acquired Queensland Gas Company (QGC)[4], and QGC Pty Ltd still operates the pipeline.[2] In February 2016, Royal Dutch Shell acquired BG Group.[4]
In June 2015, BG Group sold the Queensland Curtis LNG Pipeline and related Queensland Curtis LNG Project, renaming the pipeline to the Wallumbilla–Gladstone Pipeline.[5]
In March 2021, Royal Dutch Shell sold their 26.25% stake in the LNG terminal and pipeline to Global Infrastructure Partners Australia.[6]
The gas is transported through a 540-kilometer underground pipeline network in Curtis Island, including a 340-kilometer export pipeline connecting the gas field to a processing plant in Gladstone.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Queensland Curtis LNG, Hydrocarbons Technology, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CNOOC increases stake in Queensland Curtis LNG project, Gas Processing & LNG, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ Shell announces the sale of a minority interest in QCLNG Common Facilities infrastructure to Global Infrastructure Partners, Shell, Dec. 21, 2020, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 QGC, Wikipedia, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ "BG completes sale of QCLNG pipeline | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ↑ Amanda Battersby, Shell completes $2.5bn Australian LNG asset sale, Upstream, Mar. 15, 2021, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
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