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First gas fed into Santos GLNG pipeline

 

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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: 海角吃瓜网淐ommissioning of our pipeline is an important milestone, not only for our business, but the Queensland LNG industry as a whole.海角吃瓜网�

Once fully commissioned and in operation, the pipeline will transport up to 40 million m3/d of natural gas from Santos GLNG海角吃瓜网檚 gas fields to its gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, off Gladstone, where it will be cooled to -161 掳C and shipped to customers as LNG. 海角吃瓜网淏uilding such a big pipeline is no easy task. Construction began in 2012, and since then we海角吃瓜网檝e worked more than six million hours on this part of our project,海角吃瓜网� Duke said. 海角吃瓜网淲e海角吃瓜网檝e welded more than 36 000 segments of 1.05 m dia. pipe, weighing in excess of 250000 t in total.海角吃瓜网�

海角吃瓜网淲e海角吃瓜网檝e also individually negotiated land access agreements with more than 120 landholders, and we海角吃瓜网檙e proud of the strong relationships we海角吃瓜网檝e built with property owners and local communities over this time,海角吃瓜网� Duke continued. 海角吃瓜网淚海角吃瓜网檇 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.海角吃瓜网�

Duke further noted that work in Santos GLNG海角吃瓜网檚 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. 海角吃瓜网淲e海角吃瓜网檙e 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,海角吃瓜网� 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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