| Amadeus Gas Pipeline | |
| Type: | natural gas |
| Country: | Australia |
| State: | Northern Territory |
| Direction: | North–south |
| Start: | Amadeus Basin |
| Finish: | Darwin |
| Status: | Operational |
| Owner: | APA Group |
| Operator: | APA Group |
| Construction: | 1987 |
| Length Km: | 1512 |
| Compressor Stations No: | 1 (and 4 injection points) |
The Amadeus Gas Pipeline is a bi-directional natural gas pipeline running north–south through the Northern Territory of Australia. Its southern extent is the Amadeus Basin gas fields west of Alice Springs. The Amadeus pipeline is owned and operated by APA Group, and regulated by the Australian Energy Regulator.[1]
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 Katherine and Darwin. Since 2008, it has also carried gas sourced from the Blacktip gas field in the Bonaparte Basin which is delivered from Wadeye by the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline to the Amadeus pipeline[2] at Ban Ban Springs near Burrundie.[3]
The Northern Gas Pipeline was constructed in 2017–2018 and connects the Amadeus Pipeline near Tennant Creek to the gas pipe infrastructure in the eastern states of Australia.[4]
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 (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 Bonaparte Basin). 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 .[5]
The fourteen offtake delivery points are:[5]
Only the lateral lines at Katherine, Tennant Creek and Channel Island are considered part of the Amadeus Pipeline system.