Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas Project

Project overview*

EIS status Recommended project proceed subject to conditions and recommendations
Description Integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
Proponent Queensland Gas Company Ltd (QGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the BG Group.
Location/s
  • Gas fields: Surat Basin
  • Pipelines: gas fields, and from gas fields to Gladstone
  • LNG processing plant and export facility: Curtis Island, near Gladstone
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Local government/s
  • Banana Regional Council
  • Gladstone Regional Council
  • Maranoa Regional Council
  • North Burnett Regional Council
  • Western Downs Regional Council
Key features
  • expansion of QGC’s coal seam gas operations in the Surat Basin
  • 800-kilometre network of gas pipelines
  • LNG plant and export facility (up to three trains with a total capacity of up to 12 million tonnes per annum of LNG).

Environmental impact statement (EIS) process

Date Activity
22 October 2010 Federal environment minister's approval of 'controlled action', subject to conditions.
23 June 2010 Coordinator-General's report on EIS (PDF, 1.55 MB) released.
10 February 2010 to
10 March 2010		 Public consultation on supplementary EIS
29 August 2009 to
19 October 2009		 Public consultation on EIS
29 May 2009 Terms of reference for EIS (PDF, 446.1 KB) released.
1 November 2008 to
12 December 2008		 Public consultation on draft terms of reference for EIS.
15 September 2008 Project deemed a 'controlled action' by federal environment minister.
18 August 2008 Project referred to federal environment minister.
4 July 2008 Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration.
3 June 2008 Application, including initial advice statement (PDF, 1.57 MB), submitted.

Project change application 1 - Pipeline transport

Date Activity
21 September 2011 Coordinator-General's report on project change (PDF, 1.1 MB) released, approving the change
24 June 2011 Proponent's project change application (PDF, 1.8 MB) submitted.

Read more about the EIS process.

Further information

For more information, visit the Queensland Curtis LNG project web page.

* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.