The Amadeus Gas Pipeline is a bi-directional natural

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running north–south through the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...

of Australia. Its southern extent is the

Amadeus Basin The Amadeus Basin is a large (~170,000 km2) intracratonic sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into the state of Western Australia. Origins The Amadeus Basin is name ...

gas fields west of

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

. The Amadeus pipeline is owned and operated by APA Group, and regulated by the

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. The Amadeus Gas Pipeline was originally built to transport gas north from the Palm Valley and Mereenie gas fields in the Amadeus Basin to fuel electricity generation in

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and

Darwin Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...

. Since 2008, it has also carried gas sourced from the

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in the

Bonaparte Basin The Bonaparte Basin is a sedimentary basin in Western Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia. Its total area is approximately , most of which is offshore. The sedimentary basin emerges at the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and extends int ...

which is delivered from

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by the

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to the Amadeus pipeline at Ban Ban Springs near Burrundie. The

Northern Gas Pipeline The Northern Gas Pipeline is a gas transmission pipeline in Australia. It runs from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory to Mount Isa in Queensland. It took 18 months to construct, and was completed in December 2018. The Northern Territory ...

was constructed in 2017–2018 and connects the Amadeus Pipeline near

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek ( wrm, Jurnkkurakurr) is town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western termi ...

to the gas pipe infrastructure in the eastern states of Australia. The Amadeus Pipeline system has four inlet stations where gas is received into the pipeline. These are at

Palm Valley Gas Field Palm Valley, within the Finke Gorge National Park, is an east-west running valley in the Krichauff Range 123 km (138 km by road) southwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. Palm Valley and the surrounding area is t ...

, Mereenie Oil Field,

Ban Ban Springs Ban Ban Springs is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ban Ban Springs had a population of 7 people. Geography Ban Ban Springs is located at the junction of the Burnett and Isis highways. The locality is su ...

(where gas is received from the

) and Wickham (where gas is received from the Darwin LNG processing facility that receives raw gas by undersea pipeline from the Bayu-Undan field in the northern

). It also has an additional compressor station at Warrego and an odorant station at Tylers Pass. There are eleven mainline valves and scraper stations, and fourteen offtakes from the line. Total length including spurs and laterals is . The fourteen offtake delivery points are: *

(local electricity generation) *

(local electricity generation and some mining) * Elliott ( Elliott Power Station) * Daly Waters (

McArthur River zinc mine The McArthur River mine is a zinc-lead mine, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), a subsidiary o ...

) *

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( Katherine Power Station) * Mount Todd (supplied the now-closed

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) * Pine Creek (

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) *

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(supplied a local mine, decommissioned 2008) *

(used as a delivery point during commissioning of

, now a receival point) * Noonamah (industrial customer) *

Darwin City Gate Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...

(gas distribution to the city of Darwin) * Wickham ( Weddell Power Station) *

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( Channel Island Power Station) Only the lateral lines at Katherine, Tennant Creek and Channel Island are considered part of the Amadeus Pipeline system.

References

{{reflist Natural gas pipelines in Australia Energy in the Northern Territory