The Amadeus Gas Pipeline is a bi-directional natural

gas pipeline Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes—a pipeline—typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countr ...

running north–south through the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

of Australia. Its southern extent is the

Amadeus Basin The Amadeus Basin is a large (~170,000 km2) intracratonic sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into the state of Western Australia. Origins The Amadeus Basin is named ...

gas fields west of

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

. The Amadeus pipeline is owned and operated by

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, and regulated by the

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. 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 Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...

and Darwin. Since 2008, it has also carried gas sourced from the Blacktip gas field in the

Bonaparte Basin The Bonaparte Basin is a sedimentary basin in Western Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia. Its total area is approximately , most of which is offshore. The sedimentary basin emerges at the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and extends int ...

which is delivered from

Wadeye Wadeye ( ) is a town in Australia's Northern Territory. It was formerly known (and is still often referred to) as Port Keats. At the , Wadeye had a population of 2,280. Wadeye is the 6th most populous town, and the largest Indigenous community ...

by the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline to the Amadeus pipeline at Ban Ban Springs near Burrundie. The Northern Gas Pipeline was constructed in 2017–2018 and connects the Amadeus Pipeline near

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek ( wrm, Jurnkkurakurr) is town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western termin ...

to the gas pipe infrastructure in the eastern states of Australia. 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 Ban Ban Springs is a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ban Ban Springs had a population of 7 people. Geography Ban Ban Springs is located at the junction of the Burnett and Isis highways. The locality is sur ...

(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

). 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 . The fourteen offtake delivery points are: *

(local electricity generation) *

(local electricity generation and some mining) * Elliott ( Elliott Power Station) * Daly Waters (

McArthur River zinc mine The McArthur River mine is a zinc-lead mine, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. It is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), a subsidiary of ...

) * Mataranka *

( Katherine Power Station) * Mount Todd (supplied the now-closed Mount Todd Mine) * Pine Creek ( Pine Creek Power Station) * Cosmo Howley mine (supplied a local mine, decommissioned 2008) *

(used as a delivery point during commissioning of Bonaparte Gas Pipeline, now a receival point) * Noonamah (industrial customer) * Darwin City Gate (gas distribution to the city of Darwin) * Wickham (

Weddell Power Station Weddell Power Station is a 129 MW natural gas-fired power station in the Northern Territory, located at Wickham, south-east of the Territory capital Darwin. Owned and operated by Territory Generation, it is the second largest power station in ...

) *

Channel Island The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

(

Channel Island Power Station Channel Island Power Station is the largest power station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is positioned on an island in the Middle Arm of Darwin Harbour, supplying electricity to the Darwin-Katherine Interconnected System. It is curre ...

) Only the lateral lines at Katherine, Tennant Creek and Channel Island are considered part of the Amadeus Pipeline system.

References

{{reflist Natural gas pipelines in Australia Energy in the Northern Territory