The Amadeus Gas Pipeline is a bi-directional natural

gas pipeline A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. The Un ...

running north–south through the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

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 () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...

. The Amadeus pipeline is owned and operated by

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

which is delivered from

Wadeye Wadeye ( ) is a town in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). It was formerly known (and is still often referred to) as Port Keats, a name originating from Port Keats Mission, which operated from 1935 (originally at a different location, known as ...

by the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline to the Amadeus pipeline at Ban Ban Springs near Burrundie. The Northern Gas Pipeline was constructed in 2017–2018 and connects the Amadeus Pipeline near

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek () is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the Northern Territory#Cities and towns, seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with ...

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, Mereenie Oil Field,

Ban Ban Springs Ban Ban Springs is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ban Ban Springs had a population of 31 people. Geography The locality of Ban Ban Springs is an enclave, surrounded by the larger ...

(where gas is received from the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline) 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 (

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) * Mataranka *

(

Katherine Power Station Katherine Power Station is a natural gas-fired power station in the Northern Territory of Australia located at Cossack near the town of Katherine. The power station is owned and operated by Territory Generation and supplies the Darwin-Katherine ...

) *

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(supplied the now-closed Mount Todd Mine) * Pine Creek ( Pine Creek Power Station) * Cosmo Howley mine (supplied a local mine, decommissioned 2008) *

(used as a delivery point during commissioning of Bonaparte Gas Pipeline, now a receival point) *

Noonamah Noonamah is an outer rural suburban area of Darwin. it is 45 km southeast of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in populati ...

(industrial customer) * Darwin City Gate (gas distribution to the city of Darwin) * Wickham (

Weddell Power Station Weddell Power Station is a 129 MW natural gas-fired power station in the Northern Territory, located at Wickham. Owned and operated by Territory Generation, it is the second largest power station in the Northern Territory and supplies the Darw ...

) *

Channel Island The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consist ...

(

Channel Island Power Station Channel Island Power Station is the largest power station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is positioned on an island in the Middle Arm of Darwin Harbour, supplying electricity to the Darwin-Katherine Interconnected System. It is curr ...

) 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