Santos GLNG, QCG to Connect Pipelines

Santos GLNG and QGC on Thursday signed an agreement to link both projects’ major pipelines in two places – one on the western side of The Narrows Crossing near Mt Larcom in central Queensland, and one on Curtis Island.

Santos Vice President GLNG Downstream Rod Duke said the construction of the two interconnections will help both QGC and Santos GLNG to run their LNG plants as efficiently as possible. “The interconnect points will enable gas to flow from one project to the other when necessary, for example to allow for LNG plant downtime and planned maintenance to occur without interrupting either project’s gas field operations,” Duke said.

“Having two interconnects provides additional flexibility over the lifetime of both projects. It gives more options to the plant operators for moving gas. Ultimately it means the two companies will be able to buy, sell and swap gas at these points during scheduled and unscheduled events, therefore maximising plant productivity,” he added.

Construction of the two interconnect points on adjoining easements is expected to be completed in 2014.