Australian Pipeline Major May Link NT to Eastern Gas Grid

Australia’s biggest pipeline company APA Group has plans to connect the Northern Territory (NT) to Eastern Seaboard grid.

The move would revolutionise the NT's gas supply network and open up land-locked gas deposits, NTNews said.

APA Group managing director Mick McCormack said a spur line could run 700km from the existing Territory gas line at Tennant Creek to Mt Isa in Queensland, NYNews reported.

It would cost about $500 million to build, he said.

The Northern Area Gas Scheme (NORGAS) grid would give the Territory security of supply, linking it to a vast network that already covers Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and South Australia.