Work is complete on the final connection for the ConocoPhillips-operated Australia Pacific LNG project to plug into Powerlink Queensland’s new transmission network in the North West Surat Basin.
The new high voltage electricity infrastructure is now powering three Australia Pacific LNG gas processing facilities between Roma and Wandoan, delivering coal seam gas into the 530-kilometre pipeline to its LNG facility on Curtis Island, statement by the Queensland Government reveals.
On his visit to the APLNG facility, Treasurer Curtis Pitt , said, “The $60 billion gas industry is a major source of employment in Queensland. This construction work has also had a major impact at the local level, with more than $20 million injected into local businesses and service providers in the region so far this year.”
It is estimated that electricity demand in the North West Surat will increase from about 100MW to 600MW before 2016, more than peak demand for the whole Sunshine Coast and surrounding hinterland.
“To meet this need, Powerlink entered into commercial agreements with Australia Pacific LNG and Santos GLNG to deliver 200 kilometres of transmission line and seven substations in total, with all costs paid for by the customers requesting the connections,” Pitt said.
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