APA to Further Expand Goldfields Gas Pipeline

APA Group, Australia’s largest natural gas infrastructure business, plans to further expand the Goldfields Gas Pipeline in Western Australia’s Pilbara mining region.

It is the second expansion of the Goldfields Gas Pipeline announced by APA in a month, with the first, an expansion backed by a 20-year contract with Rio Tinto, having been announced at the end of December.

APA Managing Director Mick McCormack said these two pipeline expansions will deliver 44 TJ/day of additional capacity on the Goldfields Gas Pipeline, an increase of 28% of its capacity, and provide APA with additional secure contracted revenue.

These two expansions will be carried out concurrently with APA managing the construction project on behalf of the Goldfields Gas Transmission Joint Venture through which APA owns 88.2% of the Goldfields Gas Pipeline. The additional capacity for the Mount Newman JV will be available early in 2014.