Origin Energy operates the Taloona gas plant for Australia Pacific LNG (Australia Pacific), which is a joint venture between Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips.
Origin Energy’s Executive General Manager, Upstream Oil & Gas, Paul Zealand, said the Taloona plant would enable the further development of the gas resource in the southern end of the Spring Gully field.
By bringing the Taloona plant on stream we are delivering a further 36 terajoules per day in production capacity, bringing our total daily production capacity to about 150 terajoules.
With Taloona, we now supply approximately one quarter of Queensland’s natural gas needs from the Spring Gully site, Zealand said. This reinforces APLNG’s position as a leading player in the CSG industry with Queensland’s largest undeveloped reserves.
The Taloona plant is the third processing plant to be commissioned at Spring Gully and is the first to be built on land not owned by Australia Pacific.
Zealand added, This plant is a great example of what can be achieved when energy companies and landowners work together.
In particular, we wish to thank the landowner of Taloona, John Campbell, for working with us on this project which is now a key part of our Spring Gully operations. Zealand said the connection of the plant to the Spring Gully to Wallumbilla gas pipeline without having to interrupt gas flow through the main pipeline was a major achievement for the project team.
Our employees and the 140 staff from 25 different contracting companies who worked on the project should be very proud of what they have achieved at Taloona.
Key components for the gas plant were supplied by manufacturers from Australia and overseas.
The first phase of the Spring Gully development began in June 2005. There are now over 400 kilometers of gas and water gathering pipelines and almost 160 field wells feeding gas to the three processing plants.
Gas from Spring Gully is supplied to customers in Queensland and New South Wales via the Wallumbilla gas hub east of Roma.
