Rick Wilkinson
OGJ Correspondent
MELBOURNE, Feb. 13 -- Darwin Clean Fuels (DCF), a new project-specific company based in Sydney, has proposed a $450 million (Aus.) condensate processing facility at the East Arm Wharf in Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
The plant would use condensate produced with natural gas in fields in the Timor Sea and North West Shelf to manufacture transport fuels including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and LPG.
DCF has filed a notice of intent for the project with the Northern Territory government. Extensive community consultation is under way. The project is subject to design, engineering, feasibility, and environmental studies.
If approval is given this year, construction could begin early in 2007 and take 2.5 years to complete. Several clean-fuel projects have been proposed for the East Arm development area.
