Galilee Gas Pipeline
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The Galilee Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Queensland, Australia.
Location
The original route would run from the Glenaras Gas Project near Longreach, Queensland, to Jemena’s Queensland Gas Pipeline near Injune, Queensland. It would connect Jemena's proposed extension of the Eastern Gas Pipeline to the Wallumbilla gas hub in Queensland.
The updated route would run from the Glenaras Gas Project to the Cooladdi compressor station of the existing South West Queensland Pipeline.[1]
Project details
Original Route
- Operator: Jemena[2]
- Owner: Jemena[2]
- Parent company: State Grid Corporation of China (60%), SP Group (40%)[3]
- Capacity: 200 terajoules per day[4]
- Length: 585 kilometers[4]
- Status: Shelved
- Start year: 2028[5]
Updated Route
The starting point of the updated route is presumed to be the same as the original route, though the end point is in Cooladdi, a town in Queensland, Australia.
- Operator: Jemena
- Owner: APA Group[1]
- Parent company: APA Group
- Capacity:
- Length: 420 km[1]
- Status: Proposed
- Start year:
Background
In May 2019 Jemena announced an agreement to build the pipeline, and announced its route in July 2019.[4] Jemena expected to begin construction in 2020.[4] As of September 2020, there had been no announcement of construction starting on the pipeline. The estimated cost of the proposed pipeline is AUS$600 million (US$437 million).[6]
As of April 2021, the Queensland government was considering Jemena's application for a new petroleum survey license submitted in November 2020. This is a two-year license that would allow Jimena to survey the proposed route.[7] The pipeline has the potential to cause negative environmental impacts. 2019 Department of Environment assessment estimated that the route could impact 17 endangered and vulnerable species, including koala.[7] In addition, the Queensland Department of Agriculture estimated the route would impact 18 watercourses, leaving water supplies vulnerable to pollution from the pipeline.[7] Local farmers and environmental activism groups like Lock the Gate have opposed the pipeline's development.[8]
As of 2023, the original proposed route did not appear to be moving forward, but in September 2022 Jemena signed a MoU with APA Group for the potential construction of a pipeline between the Glenaras gas project in Galilee to the Coladdi compressor station.[1]
Expansion project
Capacity expansion for Beetaloo Basin
In the 2021 Australian National Gas Infrastructure Plan, if the Beetaloo Basin development is large-scale, additional expansion of the Galilee Gas Pipeline of ~500 terajoules per day is required to transport higher volumes from the Northern Gas Pipeline Extension to Injune.[9] There were no details on potential ownership, though the plan mentions the need for such infrastructure to be in place by 2028.
As of 2023, there was no evidence for the development of this additional capacity, and it is considered shelved.
- Operator:
- Owner:
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 500 terajoules per day[9]
- Length:
- Diameter:
- Status: Shelved
- Start year: 2028[9]
- Cost:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "https://www.ogj.com/pipelines-transportation/pipelines/article/14282974/galilee-energy-signs-pipeline-mou-with-apa-group".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Proposed gas pipeline in western Queensland would significantly impact vulnerable species, including koala". Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ↑ Jemena. "Investor Information". Jemena. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Proposed Route for Galilee Gas Pipeline Revealed, Mirage News, Jul. 30, 2019
- ↑ "2021 National Gas Infrastructure Plan". Australian Government. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Angela Macdonald-Smith, Jemena eyes NAIF to back $600m Galilee gas pipeline, The Australian Financial Review, Jul. 30, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ellie Grounds, Queensland Government considers Jemena gas pipeline in western Queensland, putting survival of koala at risk. ABC News Australia, Apr. 7, 2021, accessed Aug. 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Water, farmland, and koalas at risk as Jemena progresses fracked gas pipeline plans". Lock the Gate. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Australia 2021 National Gas Infrastructure Plan". Australia Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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