Wide Bay Pipeline

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Wide Bay Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from Mayborough, Queensland to Rockhampton, Queensland.[2]

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Project Details

  • Operator: APA Group[3]
  • Owner: Australian Gas Networks (AGN), part of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)[3]
  • Parent Company: Cheung Kong Holdings
  • Current Capacity: 6.2 terajoules per day / 5.7 million cubic feet per day
  • Length: 274 kilometers
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 2000

Background

The pipeline is owned and operated by Australian Gas Networks, owned by Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, which is a subsidiary of Cheung Kong Holdings.[4]

Burnett River Leak

On January 30, 2013 ex-Tropical Storm Oswald damaged a section of the pipeline that goes under the Burnett River west of the city of Bundaberg and caused it to leak.[5]

Articles and resources

References

  1. Wide Bay Pipeline to be replaced using directional boring, Trenchless Austrtalia, Feb. 13, 2013.
  2. APA Group (July 11, 2017). "AGN - WIDE BAY PIPELINE" (PDF). Australian Gas Networks. Retrieved September 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Wide Bay Pipeline". APA Group. Retrieved 2022-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Wide Bay Pipeline, Australian Energy Regulator, accessed March 2018
  5. How to repair a major gas pipeline, The Australian Pipeliner, July 2013

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