Rick Wilkinson
OGJ Correspondent
MELBOURNE, Sept. 29 -- Joint venture partners Apache Energy Ltd. and Santos Ltd. will supply Energy Developments Ltd. (EDL) with 55.1 bcf of natural gas over 20 years, starting in 2006, for an LNG project.
The gas will come from the John Brookes gas-condensate field being developed in the Carnarvon basin off Western Australia. Field operator Apache has a 55% interest, and Santos holds 45%.
EDL will convert the gas to LNG at a plant to be built at Karratha, 10 km from the North West Shelf LNG plant on the Burrup Peninsula. Trucks will transport the LNG to four new natural gas-fired electric power stations under construction at Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, and Halls Creek.
