Dampier-Bunbury pipeline expansion planned

May 17, 2005
The Dampier-Bunbury natural gas pipeline linking North West Shelf fields off Western Australia to the southeastern region of the state is to undergo a capacity expansion.

Rick Wilkinson
OGJ correspondent

MELBOURNE, May 17 -- The Dampier-Bunbury natural gas pipeline linking North West Shelf fields off Western Australia to the southeastern region of the state is to undergo a capacity expansion.

The pipeline owners—Diversified Utility & Energy Trusts (owned by Macquarie Bank in Sydney), Alinta Ltd. of Perth, and the Western Australian subsidiary of Alcoa Inc.—will increase the capacity by more than 93 MMcfd with the addition of eight compressor units and more than 200 km of loop.

The cost of the project is estimated at $430 million (Aus.).

Alinta Network Services of Perth, which will manage the project, expects the pipeline to be completed in 2007.