Jemena plans Eastern Gas pipeline extension

Jemena plans to extend its Eastern Gas Pipeline (EGP) from Sydney to the Hunter Valley region in northern New South Wales.

The existing EGP pipeline runs 797 km from Victoria’s Bass Strait gas field hub at Longford up the east coast to Sydney and Canberra and is capable of transporting about 360 terajoules/day. The proposed extension would add 185 km to the line.

The company expects to make a final investment decision on the A$400 million extension project by end 2021 with first gas by early 2023.

Jemena also is proposing to modify the pipeline to transport more gas to NSW and move gas bi-directionally between NSW and Victoria.

The proposal will connect the Hunter Valley to existing domestic gas fields as well as emerging new gas sources, said Frank Tudor, managing director. The latter include a proposed LNG import terminal at Port Kembla and a second proposed import terminal at Newcastle.

Jemena recently noted a proposal to construct a 6 km pipeline to connect the proposed Port Kembla LNG import facility to the EGP.

Plans include a modification of the EGP so that it can deliver more than 200 terajoules/day of gas from NSW into the Victorian market, at the same time being able to supply up to 450 terajoules/day to NSW.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal