Natural Gas Will Remain A Part Of Australia’s Energy Transition

Arrow Energy has announced a major expansion of its 27-year Surat Gas Project (SGP) to an area north-east of Miles in Queensland’s Western Downs, Australia. Known as SGP North, the development will bring more than 130 terajoules of additional gas to market per day for long-term contract and domestic customers. The expansion is part of the SGP development, which will have the capability to produce more than 4000 petajoules of gas over the life of the project.

The SGP North development will include:

• up to 450 production wells
• a 121 TJ/d four-compressor field compression station
• a 16-mile (27-km) medium-pressure pipeline, connecting the new field compression station to Shell QGC’s Bellevue central processing plant
• low-pressure gas connection to Shell QGC’s McNulty field compression station
• water and brine infrastructure expansion and upgrades

“At a time when more gas is needed for homes, businesses, and industries, the SGP North development will solidify Arrow’s position as a major producer of natural gas on Australia’s east coast,” said Zhengxin Peng, CEO of Arrow Energy. “Natural gas is an important part of the energy transition, and the expansion demonstrates the faith our shareholders have in our ability to manage and deliver large-scale projects. Like the first phase of the SGP, we will be minimizing our environmental footprint and impact to the community through our agreement with Shell QGC, which enables us to use existing facilities and infrastructure.”