First gas fed into Santos GLNG pipeline
Published by Rosalie Starling,
Editor - Hydrocarbon Engineering
World 鶹ýӳ,
Santos GLNG has fed natural gas into its 420 km gas transmission pipeline for the first time via its primary compressor station in the Fairview field in southwest Queensland. Rod Duke, Santos Vice President, Downstream GLNG, said: 鶹ýӳCommissioning of our pipeline is an important milestone, not only for our business, but the Queensland LNG industry as a whole.鶹ýӳ
Once fully commissioned and in operation, the pipeline will transport up to 40 million m3/d of natural gas from Santos GLNG鶹ýӳs gas fields to its gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, off Gladstone, where it will be cooled to -161 °C and shipped to customers as LNG. 鶹ýӳBuilding such a big pipeline is no easy task. Construction began in 2012, and since then we鶹ýӳve worked more than six million hours on this part of our project,鶹ýӳ Duke said. 鶹ýӳWe鶹ýӳve welded more than 36 000 segments of 1.05 m dia. pipe, weighing in excess of 250000 t in total.鶹ýӳ
鶹ýӳWe鶹ýӳve also individually negotiated land access agreements with more than 120 landholders, and we鶹ýӳre proud of the strong relationships we鶹ýӳve built with property owners and local communities over this time,鶹ýӳ Duke continued. 鶹ýӳI鶹ýӳd like to thank everyone involved in the pipeline project for safely reaching this milestone, as well as the communities along the pipeline route for their patience and support over the past two and a half years.鶹ýӳ
Duke further noted that work in Santos GLNG鶹ýӳs gas fields across the Bowen and Surat Basins, and construction of the LNG plant at Curtis Island, were also progressing strongly towards first LNG in 2015. 鶹ýӳWe鶹ýӳre 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,鶹ýӳ said Duke.
The pipeline, which was constructed by Saipem Australia, will now be progressively filled with gas, section by section, with first gas into the Santos GLNG plant scheduled for later this year.
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