Esso Australia completes new gas conditioning plant at Longford facilities

Esso Australia has completed a new gas conditioning plant located at its Longford facilities near Sale in south-eastern Victoria and is part of the A$5.5bn Kipper Tuna Turrum development.

The gas conditioning plant has been designed to process gas from the Kipper Tuna Turrum domestic gas project, which is being developed on Australia’s eastern seaboard to supply 1.6 trillion cubic feet of gas to eastern Australia.      

It is claimed that the plant will ensure the supply of natural gas for future, thereby strengthening the region's energy landscape.

ExxonMobil Australia chairman Richard Owen said: “This milestone, made possible with our Australian workforce and the support of our joint venture partners, ensures the continued supply of gas to the east coast market from our Gippsland Basin operations.

“The gas conditioning plant helps maintain current gas supply levels from the Bass Strait, which has been producing for more than 40 years and providing energy to power the economy.”

Construction on the plant began in December 2013 and generated more than 800 direct jobs, with 90% of the workforce from the Gippsland region.

The Gippsland Basin operation is claimed to have produced more than half of all of Australia’s crude oil and hydrocarbon liquids.

Esso Australia is a part of ExxonMobil Australia group of companies. It is engaged in oil and gas exploration in the Bass Strait.

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Image: Gas processing plant. Photo: courtesy of ExxonMobil Corporation.