Eastern Gas Pipeline

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The Eastern Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from Longford, Victoria, to Sydney, New South Wales.[2][3]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Jemena[4]
  • Owner: Jemena[4]
  • Parent company: SGSP (State Grid Corporation of China 60%; Singapore Power 40%)
  • Capacity: 355.5 terajoules per day / 336.95 million cubic feet per day[5]
  • Length: 797 kilometers / 495 miles (or 822.42 km including laterals)[6]
  • Diameter: 457 mm[6]
  • Status: Operating[4]
  • Start Year: 2000

Background

The Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP) is operated and owned by Jemena, which is owned by SGSP (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd.[7] SGSP is jointly owned by State Grid Corporation of China (60%) and Singapore Power (40%).[7]

The EGP is 797 km long, and it connects Longford, in Victoria, to Horsley Park in New South Wales.[6] The EGP includes the main line and around 25 km of lateral pipelines.[6] The pipeline segments included in the Eastern Gas Pipeline are listed in the table below (adapted from the Australian Energy Market Commission's website on the Eastern Gas Pipeline).[6]

Eastern Gas Pipeline main lines and laterals[6]
Location/Route Length (km) Diameter (mm)
VicHub Pipeline 2.265 350
Longford to VIC/NSW Border 276.707 457.2
Bairnsdale Main Valve to Bairnsdale City Gate 2.676 168.3
Longford suction pipeline from Esso Longford Gas Plant to Longford Compressor Station 2.408 610
VIC/NSW Border to Horsley Park 519.757 457.2
Port Kembla lateral 6.613 219.1
Smithfield lateral 9.603 219.1
Wilton lateral 3.974 323.9

Expansion projects

Sydney to Hunter Valley extension

In September 2020, Jemena announced plans to extend the EGP by approximately 185 kilometers from Sydney to the Hunter Valley, with the intention of connecting the valley to existing domestic gas fields as well as to two proposed LNG import terminals, Port Kembla FSRU and the Newcastle LNG Terminal. Jemena said that it expected to take a final investment decision on the AU$400 million expansion project by the end of 2021, with first gas to flow as early as 2023. The company had been working on pipeline route options in the Hunter Valley and said it was preparing to commence community and stakeholder engagement.[8]

The expansion would run from Sydney, New South Wales north to the Hunter Valley, ultimately supplying gas to a gas-fired generator north of Tomago, New South Wales, and to a proposed plant at Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, in the Hunter Valley.[9]

This expansion project was mentioned in the 2021 Australian National Gas Infrastructure Plan, as part of necessary infrastructure for unlocking Gunnedah Basin gas resources.[10]

As of August 2023, no new updates regarding the Sydney to Hunter Valley extension have been found since 2021, so the project is considered to be shelved.

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  • Operator: Jemena
  • Owner: Jemena
  • Parent company: SGSP (State Grid Corporation of China 60%; Singapore Power 40%)
  • Length: 185 kilometers[8]
  • Capacity: 300 TJ per day[11]
  • Cost: AUD$400 million[8]
  • Status: Shelved
  • Start Year: 2023[8]

Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline

In 2020, Jemena submitted a request to modify the Eastern Gas Pipeline to "allow it to increase the capacity of the Port Kembla lateral by constructing and operating a second pipeline (the Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline) that would generally follow the same alignment as the existing Port Kembla lateral (i.e. to duplicate the Port Kembla lateral)."[12]

Jemena's expansion request followed the approval that was granted to Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) to construct and operate the Port Kembla LNG Terminal.[12] The terminal is planned to receive LNG, re-gasify it, and transport it via its own pipeline segment (part of AIE's LNG terminal project) to the Port Kembla lateral pipeline for subsequent distribution to New South Wales via the Eastern Gas Pipeline.[12]

However, because the existing Port Kembla lateral has a capacity of only 32 petajoules per year, the pipeline requires an expansion to increase its capacity to meet the terminal's gas output, which is expected to be up to 115 petajoules per year.[12] According to the Modification Assessment Report published by the New South Wales government for the looping pipeline project, "if approved, the pipeline would facilitate the operation of Port Kembla Gas Terminal project at full capacity and increase the supply of gas to the New South Wales market."[12]

As part of the project, Jemena has also proposed modifying the Eastern Gas Pipeline to allow gas to flow to Victoria (i.e., reversing the current flow of gas).[13]

The Port Kembla Pipeline Project involves the construction of both the Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline[14] and AIE's pipeline segment, which is part of the company's infrastructure approval plans for the Port Kembla LNG Terminal.[15][16] Both segments will be operated and built by Jemena, but the segment that directly ties into the Port Kembla LNG terminal will be owned by AIE.[14][15]

  • Operator: Jemena[14]
  • Owner: Jemena[14]
  • Parent company: SGSP (State Grid Corporation of China 60%; Singapore Power 40%)
  • Capacity: 485 terajoules per day / 459.69 million cubic feet per day[17]
  • Cost: AUD70m ($48.58 m)[18]
  • Length: 7.8 km[19]
  • Diameter: 18 inches[15]
  • Status: Proposed[20]
  • Start Year: 2023-2025[20]

Articles and resources

References

  1. ↑ NSW: Eastern Gas Pipeline, Australian Electricity Market Commission, accessed February 2018
  2. ↑ Jemena (April 29, 2019). "Map of Eastern Gas Pipeline". jemena.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia (March 2017). "Oil and Gas Pipelines". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved September 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jemena (24 January 2023). "Jemena Transmission Pipelines User Access Guide Version 1.3". Jemena. Retrieved August 11, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Eastern Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Jul. 31, 2019
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "NSW: Eastern Gas Pipeline". AEMC. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 About Jemena And Our Network, Jemena, Apr. 30 2015, accessed Aug. 6 2021.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Jemena Reveals Plans to Extend Eastern Gas Pipeline, Jemena, Sep. 28, 2020, accessed Aug. 6 2021.
  9. ↑ Jemena taps into Hunter gas power plan, Australian Financial Review, Sep. 28, 2020, accessed Aug. 6 2021.
  10. ↑ "Australia 2021 National Gas Infrastructure Plan". Australia Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Retrieved 2021-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "Connecting the dots: bringing gas to market - Issuu". issuu. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 NSW Government (October 2020). "Eastern Gas Pipeline Modification 1 Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline". Planning Portal New South Wales Government. Retrieved August 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 36 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ Mike Foley, Nick Toscano. "Australia looking likely to import gas to fix looming shortfalls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Jemena (2019). "Jemena Gas Port Kembla Lateral Looping Project". Jemena. Retrieved August 29, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Jemena Port Kembla Pipeline Project Noise Management Subplan" (PDF). Squadron Energy. 1 December 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ NSW Department of Planning and Environment (May 2022). "Eastern Gas Pipeline Modification 2 Transfer of Port Kembla Gas Terminal Pipeline Segment and Addition of Cringila Lateral Pipeline". NSW Planning Portal. Retrieved August 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 37 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ Bajic, Adnan (March 18, 2021). "Jemena, AIE firm up Port Kembla LNG pipeline connection". Offshore Energy. Retrieved August 29, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ NS Energy Staff (11 June 202). "Jemena to connect Port Kembla gas terminal to Eastern Gas Pipeline". NS Energy. Retrieved August 29, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ Jemena. "Port Kembla Lateral Looping Pipeline Project". Jemena. Retrieved August 29, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 LNG Prime Staff (2022-12-15). "Jemena to start building pipeline to connect Port Kembla LNG import terminal". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2023-08-29.

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