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Oil or gas project	Estimated project value $million	Stage	Location Qld region
Abbott Point LNG: Energy World Corporation proposes to establish A LNG facility with 4 modular 500,000 MTPA trains, LNG storage tank, and export facilities and A 350 km gas pipeline to connect the two LNG facilities to Bowen Basin and Surat Basin, with future expansion of a 550 km gas pipeline to connect the Gilmore and Eromanga gas fields to the initial phase pipeline. See www.energyworldcorp.com.	1,500	Pre-feasibility	Mackay-Central West
Arrow Bowen Pipeline Project: Construction of a 600 km long point-to-point transmission pipeline consisting of a main pipeline and several lateral pipelines to convey coal seam gas (CSG) from Arrow Energy's gas fields in the Bowen Basin, located approximately 90 km north of Moranbah in central Queensland, to Gladstone for eventual export as liquefied natural gas (LNG). Designed and constructed in accordance with Australian Standard (AS) 2885 Pipelines – Gas and Liquid Petroleum. The pipeline would include above-ground structures, such as main line valves and a gas gate/gathering station at the end of the line. Construction of the proposed pipeline is anticipated to commence in 2015 with the first gas supplied to an LNG plant in Gladstone in 2017. See www.arrowenergy.com.au and EIS.	1,000	EIS	Fitzroy
Arrow CSG (Australia) (formerly Shell Australia): The project involves: construction of a gas pipeline from near the Bruce Highway to Curtis Island; construction of a liquefaction facility where coal seam gas will be converted to LNG and stored for shipment in LNG carriers to growing LNG markets; construction of marine facilities such as jetties on the mainland; construction of jetties, offloading facilities and LNG Carrier Terminal on Curtis Island in the vicinity of North China Bay, Hamilton Point and Boatshed Point; potential localised dredging at marine facilities. Stage 1 includes the construction of two trains of around 4mtpa of LNG each on the Arrow site at Boatshed Point. First LNG production planned 2014-15. . See www.arrowenergy.com.au and Coordinator-General.	Not available	EIS	Fitzroy
Australia Pacific LNG project: Coordinator-General has approved the project. Gas fields: The gas fields will be progressively developed over a 30 year timeframe and will ultimately require the following infrastructure:	35,000	Procurement	Darling Downs-Fitzroy
up to 10,000 wells underground gas and water gathering networks water transfer stations gas processing facilities water treatment facilities brine ponds underground high pressure gas pipeline network warehouses and administration buildings.
Associated infrastructure includes: access roads, telecommunications, sewage infrastructure and temporary and permanent accommodation facilities.
Gas pipeline network: Construction will take approximately 18 months and is scheduled to commence in 2012. The gas pipeline network will consist of:
A 44km lateral connecting the Condabri and southern development areas with the main gas pipeline A 38km lateral connecting the Woleebee and western development areas with the main gas pipeline A 362km main gas pipeline from the junction with the laterals east of Wandoan to the LNG facility on Curtis Island, including the marine crossing of The Narrows at Port Curtis A high pressure gas pipeline network extending from downstream of the gas processing facilities to the laterals.
As gas field areas are progressively developed over the project's 30 year life, they will be connected to the above laterals through gas field pipeline networks.
The LNG facility will involve construction and operation of the following major components:
An inlet feed gas metering facility (including filtration, pre-heating and metering) An LNG plant which comprises: Gas processing facilities to remove impurities and refrigerate the CSG Product storage tanks Plant infrastructure and utilities A materials off-loading facility which will also serve as a ferry terminal for the transfer of construction materials and heavy equipment to the project site Jetty and loading berth(s) to transfer LNG product to tankers for shipping to market or receipt of shipments of LPG A temporary rock dock, a roll-on roll-off dock and a construction ferry dock A temporary accommodation facility Mainland storage and marine facilities for loading of materials and personnel.
Expected investment is $35 billion to 2020. See www.aplng.com.au. Interested companies can register with ICN.
Central Qld Gas Pipeline (Moranbah to Gladstone Gas Pipeline Project): Arrow Energy (now owned by CS CSG (Australia) Pty Ltd, a 50/50 joint venture company owned by Shell and PetroChina: The pipeline will be laid in a 30 metre wide corridor from the existing compressor station at Moranbah generally south to southeast to Gladstone with a total length of approximately 440 kilometres. The CQP project is part of the overall Arrow / AGL investment into the Bowen Basin coal seam gas fields. The pipeline will allow Arrow to exploit its coal seam gas resources in the Bowen Basin region, and connect the North Queensland Gas Pipeline to the existing state gas transmission network. The project is well advanced in all areas with all environmental studies completed, native title and cultural heritage agreements in place and easements obtained for over 70 percent of the route. The joint venture was awarded a 45-year point-to-point gas pipeline licence from Moranbah to Gladstone by the Queensland Government in September 2008. Work on a field development plan for the Bowen Basin for gas supply to the proposed Shell Curtis Island LNG plant commenced in November. See www.arrowenergy.com.au.	475	On hold	Mackay-Fitzroy
Gladstone LNG Project (Santos & Petronas) (GLNG): Gas fields: development of approximately 2 650 exploration and production wells. It is anticipated that up to 1 200 wells will be established prior to 2015, with potential for up to 1 450 or more additional wells over a 20 year period after 2015. Additional supporting infrastructure including field gathering lines, nodal compressor stations, centralised gas compression and water treatment facilities, accommodation facilities, power generation and water management facilities will also be installed.	7,700	Procurement	Fitzroy-Darling Downs
Gas pipeline: a 435 km long gas transmission pipeline for the delivery of the gas from the CSG fields to the LNG facility. Proposed pipeline capacity is sufficient to supply three trains of the LNG facility.
LNG facility: proposed to be developed in three stages (called trains), the first of which will have a capacity of approximately 3 Mtpa. The LNG facility will consist of the following key elements:
a liquefaction facility which includes the on-shore gas liquefaction and storage facilities marine facilities which will include a product loading facility (PLF) for loading LNG into ships for export, and a materials offloading facility (MOF) and a haul road for the delivery of workers, equipment, plant and materials to the LNG facility site a swing basin and an access channel from the existing Targinie Channel in Port Curtis a dredge material placement facility initially proposed in the EIS to be at Laird Point; but subsequently being considered with a combined industry proposal under the Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project a 2 000 person capacity1 accommodation facility on Curtis Island for construction workers was initially included in the EIS for train 1. Further calculations for both trains 1 and 2 indicates around 2 700-2 8002 workers at peak3 is preferred, with a commensurate increase in the Curtis Island accommodation capacity. Access to the LNG facility from the mainland was proposed to occur by either of the following options: the provision of road access to Curtis Island by way of a potential access road and bridge from the mainland crossing Port Curtis between Friend Point and Laird Point. Construction phase access to the site for at least Train 1 will be by barge and ferry as the access road and bridge will not be constructed by that time; or access to the site by barge and ferry for the life of the GLNG Project (for both construction and operation) if the access road and bridge is not constructed.
See www.glng.com.au.
Interested companies can register with ICN for upstream (CSG field development), midstream (pipeline) and/or downstream (LNG facility).
Hunter Gas Pipeline Project: Approximately 200 km of the pipeline (total length 850 km) is within Queensland running between the Wallumbilla Gas Hub in Queensland and Newcastle in NSW. A major driver of the proposal is to provide the missing link in the east Australian network and provide additional security of gas supply to Sydney and Newcastle. Approved by NSW Government. The overall pipeline investment of about $850 million is expected to result in around $560 million of direct investment in NSW, with $290 million in Queensland. Construction of Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline's (QHGP's) proposed 840 kilometre pipeline to transport coal seam gas from southern Queensland gas fields near Wallumbilla, to the Newcastle region in New South Wales, has been delayed by at least a year. Originally the pipeline was expected to begin construction in late 2010–11. However, the project was delayed after a previous foundational agreement to transport 50 PJ/a of gas for 20 years to Chinchilla fell through following QGC's decision to cancel its 400–600 MW power station. Construction on the pipeline is now scheduled to begin in 2012, with completion and commissioning targeted for later that year. (The Australian Pipeliner, July 2010). See www.qhgp.com.au.	850	Delayed	Darling Downs-South West
Lions Way pipeline: Casino to Ipswich (145 km) – Metgasco. Source: www.metgasco.com.au.	120	EIS	SE Queensland
Norwich Park-Blackwater gas pipeline: Bow Energy has commenced EIS process for the proposed Bowen Basin gas field development and 257km pipeline project linking Norwich Park and Blackwater to transport gas to Gladstone.	Not available	EIS	Fitzroy
Project Sun LNG project (Sojitz Corp): LNG production facility to process coal seam gas – Fishermans Landing.	450	EIS	Fitzroy
Queensland Curtis LNG Project (BG-QGC): Gas field component: the expansion of QGC's coal seam gas (CSG) operations in the Surat Basin. The Gas Field component comprises:	8,000	Procurement	Fitzroy-Darling Downs
approximately 6,000 gas production wells over the life of the project with initially 1,000 to 1,500 wells across the Gas Field by mid-2014. The remaining wells will be phased in over the life of the project (20 to 30 years) gas and water gathering systems and gas processing and compression infrastructure associated surface equipment, such as wellhead compression and wellhead separators, telemetry devices and metering stations field infrastructure such as access tracks, warehouses, camps (both construction and operations), office and telecommunications
Pipeline component: development, construction, operation and decommissioning of a gas pipeline network of approximately 730 km to link the Gas Field and other nearby CSG resources to the LNG Facility. The pipeline network includes:
a 340 km Export Pipeline from QGC's Gas Field in the Surat Basin to the LNG Facility in Gladstone a 191 km Gas Collection Header – a central pipeline located in an Upstream Infrastructure Corridor (UIC) to collect gas from centralised compressor facilities for delivery to the Export Pipeline a pipeline crossing at The Narrows connecting the mainland Export Pipeline with the LNG Facility on Curtis island.
LNG component: development, construction and operation within the Curtis Island Industry Precinct (CIIP) of the Gladstone State Development Area (GSDA) of a LNG processing plant (LNG Facility) with production capacity up to 12 million tonnes per annum, nominally comprising three LNG processing units or 'trains' with 4 mtpa production capacity each. The LNG component comprises:
onshore gas reception facilities gas pre-treatment facilities for the removal of water and impurities from the feed gas gas refrigeration and liquefaction units sized for 4 mtpa production trains a nitrogen rejection unit for the removal of nitrogen in the feed gas three full containment LNG storage tanks with capacities of between 140,000 m³ and 160,000 m³ capacity each jetty and docking facilities with turning basin for the loading of LNG carriers a material offloading facility (MOF) for ferry transportation and receipt of construction material associated onshore mainland facilities utility requirements to support the LNG Facility.
See http://qclng.com.au and the Coordinator-General. Interested companies can register with ICN for upstream (CSG field development), midstream (pipeline) and/or operations and support services.
Surat Gas Project: The first stage of the project will involve the development of approximately 1,500 production wells and associated infrastructure in an area with known gas reserves adjacent to Arrow's existing development. Further stages of development are planned as domestic and export expansion opportunities arise in the energy market. See www.arrowenergy.com.au and EIS.	1,500	EIS	Darling Downs
Surat to Gladstone gas pipeline: The proposed 470km long, 600mm nominal diameter high pressure buried steel gas pipeline will deliver coal seam gas (CSG) from Arrow's Surat Basin gas fields to a proposed LNG plant located at Fisherman's Landing in Gladstone. Arrow Energy Ltd. is Royal Dutch Shell Plc's coal-seam gas partner in Australia, won government approval in February 2010 to build a pipeline to the proposed Fisherman's Landing liquefied natural gas plant in the state of Queensland. It is anticipated that construction of the pipeline will start in 2015/16, with first gas supplied two to three years after that. See www.arrowenergy.com.au.	550	Final Planning	Darling Downs-Fitzroy

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