First Gas Reaches APLNG Facility on Curtis Island

Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) on Wednesday announced it had reached a significant milestone with the arrival of first gas from its coal seam gas fields in the Surat Basin to its LNG facility on Curtis Island, near Gladstone, Queensland.

The arrival of the first gas into the LNG facility also marks the completion of commissioning of the 530km high pressure gas pipeline, another important milestone for the project, the company said.

With the completion of the pipeline and the arrival of the gas, Australia Pacific LNG can initiate the commissioning of the power generation facilities on the island.

The commissioning phase of the LNG facility also includes the verification and testing of each system of the first processing train and the two LNG tanks; part of which has already commenced.

Page Maxson, CEO Australia Pacific LNG, said: "The achievement of two major milestones, first gas to Curtis Island and completion of commissioning of the pipeline, demonstrates continued strong progress by Australia Pacific LNG and paves the way for the commissioning of the power generation facilities on the island.

Australia Pacific LNG plans on delivering first LNG in mid-2015.

The Australia Pacific LNG Project is a coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG project based in Queensland. The project brings together a joint venture between Origin (37.5%),ConocoPhillips (37.5%)  and Sinopec (25%).

Last month, Origin Energy Limited said that the APLNG project is 88 per cent complete.