Australia Pacific LNG Project

Project overview*

Project status Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description Integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project
Proponent Australia Pacific LNG (50:50 joint venture between Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips)
Location/s
  • Gasfields: Walloons Gasfields, stretching from Injune to Millmerran
  • Pipeline: from gasfields to Gladstone
  • Processing plant and export terminal: Curtis Island, near Gladstone
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Local government/s
  • Western Downs Regional Council (gasfields, pipeline)
  • Maranoa Regional Council (gasfields, pipeline)
  • Toowoomba Regional Council (gasfields, pipeline)
  • Banana Shire Council (pipeline)
  • Gladstone Regional Council (pipeline, processing plant and export terminal)
Investment $35 billion
Key features
  • development of coal seam gas resources
  • 450 km underground main transmission gas pipeline
  • processing plant and export facility (four trains with a total capacity of up to 18 million tonnes per annum of LNG)
Expected completion 2014
Jobs
  • 5000 (construction)
  • 1000 (operational)

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date Activity
21 February 2011 Federal environment minister’s approval of the ‘controlled action’.
8 November 2010 Coordinator-General’s report on EIS (PDF, 2 MB), released.
16 August 2010 Supplementary information submitted.
27 March 2010 to
4 May 2010 		Public consultation on EIS
3 December 2009 Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 987 KB), released.
29 August 2009 to
12 October 2009 		Public consultation on draft terms of reference for EIS.
3 August 2009 Project deemed a ‘controlled action’ by federal environment minister.
6 July 2009 Project referred to federal environment minister.
9 April 2009 Gazettal of ‘significant project’ declaration.
27 March 2009 Application, initial advice statement (PDF, 2 MB), submitted.

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Media releases

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.