Carpentaria Gas Pipeline

The Carpentaria Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline connecting the gas fields to the city of Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia. It is 840 kilometres (520 mi) long between the Ballera gas plant in the Eromanga Basin in southwestern Queensland and Mount Isa, a significant mining community in northwestern Queensland. It was originally built to carry gas from the gas fields in the Eromanga Basin to the industrial areas around Mount Isa. Since 2018 it can also operate to carry gas from the Northern Territory via the Northern Gas Pipeline south to markets along the eastern seaboard of Australia.^[3] The supply points of the pipeline are Mica Creek Power Station, Diamantina Power Station, Mount Isa Mines, Century Mine, Phosphate Hill Power Station, and via the 96 kilometres (60 mi) Cannington Lateral, Cannington Mine and Osborne, Queensland.^[2] The Australian Pipeline Trust (a predecessor of APA Group) acquired full ownership of the pipeline in 2004. It had previously owned a 70% share with the rest owned by Santos, Delhi Petroleum and Origin Energy.^[4]

Carpentaria Gas Pipeline
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
General direction	North-South
From	Ballera gas plant
To	Mount Isa, Queensland
General information
Type	natural gas
Owner	APA Group
Operator	APA Group
Commissioned	1998 (1998)^[1]
Technical information
Length	840 km (520 mi)
Maximum discharge	119 terajoules per day (380,000 kWh/ks)^[2]
Diameter	305 mm (12 in)

See also

•  Queensland portal
•  Energy portal

• List of natural gas pipelines

References

1. "Carpentaria Gas Pipeline". Networks and pipelines. Australian Energy Regulator. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. "Carpentaria Gas Pipeline" (PDF). APA Group. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
3. "Carpentaria gas pipeline". APA Group. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
4. "Carpentaria Gas Pipeline interest for A$59million" (PDF). Santos. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2019.