Ballera gas plant is a

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facility located on the Nappa Merrie pastoral lease in the southwestern

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, Australia. It is operated by

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. The gas plant processes gas from approximately 130 wells in 45 gas fields in the Eromanga Basin. Processed gas is transmitted via the 755 km South West Queensland Pipeline to the trading hub at Wallumbilla (east of

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) in southeastern Queensland, via the QSN Link extension of that pipeline to Moomba (180 km southwest, in northeastern South Australia) and via the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline to

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(800 km north). It is served by the

Ballera Airport Ballera Airport is located at the Ballera gas plant in the locality of Durham in southwestern Queensland, Australia. There is one runway, and it is long × wide. Airlines and destinations See also * List of airports in Queensland This ...

as workers fly in and out. Crude oil is not processed at Ballera, but at

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, 65 km southeast. The Ballera gas plant is operated by

which is slightly over 60% owner of the facility. The other joint owners are Beach Energy and

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. The plant was established in 1991, but gas needed further processing at Moomba. It was upgraded in 1997 and 2003.

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