Project Profile
Value: US$310 million
Location: Tomago, New South Wales, Australia
Processing Capacity: 66,500 tonnes of LNG per year
Start-up year: April 2015
Completed in July 2016
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) proposes to develop the Newcastle Gas Storage Facility Project at Tomago, New South Wales (NSW). The project is required to meet AGL\'s peak gas market requirements over winter and to provide additional security of gas supply during supply disruption events.
The gas plant site includes a processing plant that will convert pipeline natural gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) by cooling it to -162°C. It will be capable of processing up to 66,500 t of LNG per year. Additionally, it will have an insulated, non-pressurised LNG storage tank capable of containing 30,000 t or 63,000 m³ of LNG, equivalent to 1.5 petajoules (PJ) of natural gas, and an associated containment area, as well as a re-gasification unit to convert the LNG in the storage tank back into natural gas, a flare stack with a height of approximately 15m to combust hydrocarbons discharged from the process a truck loading facility to allow the dispatch of up to 1,000 tankers of LNG per year and infrastructure and utility connections.
A natural gas pipeline (5.5 km long pipeline will connect the gas storage facility to the receiving station at Hexham). The gas plant will have a natural gas receiving station (located at Hexham to link the Project into the NSW gas network via the existing Wilton-Newcastle trunk pipeline).
The estimated capital cost of the Project is US$300 million. The New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) has approved AGL\'s application to construct the Newcastle Gas Storage Facility at Tomago, near Newcastle. The state government granted its approval on 10 May 2012 under Section 75J of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and subject to certain conditions. This provides AGL with state government permission to construct the gas plant, pipeline, receiving station and associated and ancillary infrastructure. Before construction can start, approval for this project must also be received from the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC). DSEWPaC has confirmed the project is a controlled action under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. AGL aims to start the construction of the Project in 2012, and have the facility in operation by winter 2015.
Operators:
AGL Energy Limited (AGL): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
CB&I: Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work and FEED