Pluto-NW Shelf Interconnector project achieves milestone
Australian energy infrastructure company AGIG has achieved a "significant milestone" in the construction of the Pluto to North West Shelf Interconnector (PNI) project by completing the last bit of welding for the pipeline, the company said on October 25.
“Once substantial backfill is in place, hydro testing of the pipeline can begin. Operations are expected in early 2022,” it added. PNI is the pipeline link between Pluto LNG plant and the Karratha gas plant in Western Australia.
The PNI is being constructed for Woodside to transport gas from the Pluto LNG plant to the North West Shelf’s Karratha gas plant for both LNG export and domestic supply. The interconnector is just over 3-km long and will initially transport about 250 terajoules/day of gas potentially rising to over 900 terajoules/day during its operations, AGIG said.
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Woodside took a final investment decision on the pipeline in November 2019 and entered into contractual arrangements with DDG Operations, a unit of AGIG.