Eastern Goldfields Pipeline System

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

Location

The pipeline runs from the Goldfields Gas Pipeline in Western Australia through the lateral pipeline at the Murrin Murrin nickel mine, then to the Tropicana gold mine 330 kilometers northeast of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

The route below shows the Murrin Murrin Lateral (left), Yamarna Gas Pipeline (top segment on right), and Eastern Goldfields Pipeline (bottom segment on right).

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System details

Eastern Goldfields Pipeline

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity: 20.6 terajoules per day[2]
  • Length: 293 kilometers[1]
  • Cost: $140 million[3]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year: 2016

Murrin Murrin Lateral

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity: 45.6 terajoules per day[1]
  • Length: 85 kilometers[1]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year:

Murrin Murrin Looping Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 13.8 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 200 mm[4]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year: 2020[4]

Yamarna Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity: 8 terajoules per day[1]
  • Length: 198 kilometers[1]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year: 2018[5]

Gwalia Lateral

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity: 8 terajoules per day[1]
  • Length: 5.7 kilometers[1]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year:

Mount Morgans Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: APA Group[1]
  • Owner: APA Group[1]
  • Parent company: APA Group[1]
  • Capacity: 8 terajoules per day[1]
  • Length: 5 kilometers[1]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start year:

Background

The Eastern Goldfields Pipeline System is operated and owned by APA Group.[1] The original Eastern Goldfields Pipeline was built to enable the Tropicana Gold Mine and Sunrise Dam Gold Mine to use natural gas as their primary power source.[2]

Articles and resources

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 Eastern Goldfields Pipeline System, APA, accessed Aug. 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eastern Goldfields Gas Pipeline, Petroleum in Western Australia, Sep. 2016, accessed Aug. 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Eastern Goldfields future fired up with new gas pipeline". Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 McConnell Dowell. "Murrin Murrin Gas Pipeline Looping". McConnell Dowell. Retrieved September 12, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "WA: Yamarna Gas Pipeline". AEMC. Retrieved 2023-08-23.

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