Gloucester Gas Pipeline

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The Gloucester Gas Pipeline was a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline would run from Gloucester, New South Wales, to Hexham, New South Wales.

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Project details

• Operator: AGL Energy
• Parent company: AGL Energy
• Length: 100 kilometers / 62 miles
• Status: Cancelled

Background

AGL Energy's Gloucester Gas Pipeline was proposed to carry coal seam gas (CSG) from the Gloucester Gas Project. In February 2016 AGL announced that the Gloucester Gas Project and Gloucester Gas Pipeline had both been cancelled. AGL attributed the cancellation to market volatility. However Graham Lloyd, columnist for The Australian, wrote that the retreat of CSG in New South Wales "represents the culmination of years of corporate misadventure, government paralysis and regulatory ineptitude."

Environmental Impact

The Gloucester Gas Project and other CSG projects have been the focus of protests by environmentalists and residents of affected communities in New South Wales. In 2013, Drew Hutton, founder of the Lock The Gate Alliance said, "“There are two areas that are going to be key battlegrounds for us. The Pilliga for environmental concerns and Gloucester for landholder concerns.’’ In Gloucester, protests have focused on the potential that the chemicals used in fracking for CSG have to damage water quality, agriculture, tourism, and human health. Protests have also focused on land rights and the ability of energy companies to explore and drill for coal and gas without property owners' consent.

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Voices from Gloucester - Brett's Story, Lock the Gate Alliance, Feb. 23, 2015