Santos GLNG feeds natural gas into 420km Queensland pipeline in Australia

Santos GLNG has fed natural gas into its 420km gas transmission pipeline for the first time through its primary compressor station in the Fairview field in south-west Queensland, Australia.

The move is another key step in the company’s initial shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Gladstone Harbour in 2015.

The pipeline is estimated to transport approximately 40 million cubic metres per day of natural gas from Santos GLNG’s gas fields to its gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, off Gladstone.

The gas will then be cooled and shipped to customers as LNG.

Santos downstream GLNG vice-president Rod Duke said: "Commissioning of our pipeline is an important milestone, not only for our business, but the Queensland LNG industry as a whole.

"We’re leading the way in building a new and exciting industry for Queensland, which is already delivering and will continue to deliver significant economic benefits for our state for many years to come."

Work in Santos GLNG’s gas fields throughout the Bowen and Surat Basins and construction of the LNG plant at Curtis Island is continuing towards first LNG in 2015.

Saipem Australia built the pipeline for Santos GLNG, which is a joint-venture (JV) between Santos, Petronas, Total and KOGAS.

Santos has developed major oil and liquids businesses in Australia and operates in all states of the country, as well as the Northern Territory.

The company’s projects ensure it reaches its production target of 80 million to 90 million barrels of oil equivalent by 2020.