GAS Today / August 2012

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Issue 21
August 2012
LNG on the
high seas
Top tips for contractors
NSW CSG policy
Looping the RBP
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Gas Today Update
Global gas wrap
Fuelling with natural gas
More than a roof over your head
New IGU committee tackles
PR and marketing
New book highlights Australia’s gas leaders
Reduce your job time by upping the tension
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Building contractor relationships
QGC: top tips for a successful tender
POLICY REVIEW
INDUSTRY NEWS
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NEWS
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TIPS FOR CONTRACTORS
Race against the clock in Mila
Looping the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline
An all-in-one valve solution
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What does NSW’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy mean for the CSG industry?
A vision for natural gas in 2050
LNG
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Developing Arrow CSG to LNG for a cleaner energy future
Powering PNG on gas
Counting calories: the measurement challenge for LNG exporters
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FutureGAS 2013: bigger and more connected
Australia’s premier offshore event is back
Australia Gas returns to Sydney
WGC 2012: showcasing the global gas industry
Calendar of events
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LNG on the
high seas
Top tips for contractors
NSW CSG policy
Looping the RbP
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Editor’s comment
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t is a busy and exciting time for the
natural gas industry, and this is reflected
throughout the articles in this edition of
Gas Today.
The ensuing pages cover articles across
many of the industry’s sectors, from
upstream issues to transmission projects
and network news.
On the exploration and production side,
CNC Project Management’s Michael
Bugler discusses what the New South
Wales Government policy means for
the development of the CSG industry in
the state.
Our LNG feature focuses on the major
projects underway, including an update on
Arrow Energy’s CSG to LNG project. In the
contractors feature, we discuss top tips for
tendering with QGC, and how companies
can be involved.
Looking toward gas transportation, we
feature two recent pipeline expansion
projects, and the Energy Networks
Association’s natural gas vision to 2050.
Just like the rest of the industry, the
Gas Today team likes to stay busy.
This edition of the magazine will be
present at a number of upcoming industry
events, including the South East Asian
Offshore Conference in Darwin, as well
as the Queensland Gas Conference and
Exhibition and Australian Pipeline Industry
Association Convention, which will both be
held in Brisbane.
Our team will be attending these events
in order to provide you with the best
coverage possible.
Meanwhile, back at the office we’ll be
preparing for our own event, the FutureGAS
Conference and Exhibition, to be held
from 12–14 March 2013 at the Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre.
We’re proud to announce that MWM
has once again returned to the event as
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its Platinum Sponsor, and we’re looking
forward to working closely together to
create the best event possible.
The FutureGAS call for papers is currently
open with the aim to establish a unique
program covering the entire vertical of the
gas industry, from new exploration and
production frontiers to the end user.
More information on the conference
program topics and how to submit
your paper is available online at
www.futuregas.com.au
The Gas Today team is also working toward
providing another key information source as
part of our online, print and event offering to
the industry.
The Australia’s Gas Leaders book will
be published at the end of this year, to be
launched at the FutureGAS event.
The book will provide in-depth
commentary on the current and future
issues of the Australian natural gas
industry, while also highlighting the key
players involved. More detail can be found on
page 8, including how you can participate.
This edition we say farewell to Lauren
Molan who has been the Associate Editor
of Gas Today since the May 2011 edition.
Lauren leaves us to travel and pursue her
passion for broadcast media. I would like
to thank Lauren for her dedication to the
magazine and the FutureGAS event. She has
been a great addition to the team.
We are very lucky to welcome Stephanie
Chan as our new Associate Editor. Stephanie
has been working as Assistant Editor across
a number of industry-based magazines,
and brings a wealth of experience to the
role. Let Stephanie know your latest project
and company news by contacting her at
[email protected]
Lyndsie Mewett
Editor
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NEWS
New portable CSG compression unit arrives on Australia’s shores
SkillsTech Australia has received a brand new multi-million dollar portable CSG
compression package at its Acacia Ridge Training Centre in Queensland.
SkillsTech Australia Business Manager Chris Kroehn said the new delivery
would ensure SkillsTech Australia remained a leader in CSG training.
“The brand-new, 18 m NOMAD mobile gas compression unit has just arrived
from the Canadian manufacturer, Bidell Gas Compression, and will be on display
at the Acacia Ridge Training Centre for three months,” Mr Kroehn said.
Bidell Vice President of Sales and Applications Mat Clark said the patented gas
compression unit with its fully portable feature is revolutionary technology, and is
now available in Australia.
“Weighing in at 53.5 tonnes, it gives CSG workers the flexibility in the field to
extract gas in a matter of days, whereas normally this could take several weeks.”
GAS INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
The NOMAD mobile compression unit.
New dehydration process to make unviable gas fields accessible
Curtin University researchers have developed a new process to dehydrate subsea
gas that could open up gas fields currently deemed unviable.
Dr David Parks, Postdoctoral Fellow in Curtin’s Department of Petroleum
Engineering, said the new process does not require toxic chemicals.
The new process has two stages. The first utilises the Joule-Thomson effect
in which water-saturated natural gas is expanded and the drop in pressure
results in cooling and the expulsion of water. In the second stage, gas is sent to a
controlled vessel that creates hydrates.
Successful pilot plant testing of the process was undertaken in the Clean Gas Technology Australia Laboratories
at Curtin. The next step is testing at field level.
Dr Parks is also pursuing technology to support this breakthrough, recently receiving a $35,000 industry grant to
investigate subsea electrical generation for offshore platforms.
LNG company secures Chinese patents for technology
LNG Ltd has been issued its second and final Certificate of Invention
Patent from the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic
of China, allowing the company to protect its two primary inventions –
the ‘OSMR’ and ‘BOG treatment’ processes.
The OSMR process is a method and system for the production of LNG, and
the BOG treatment process is a boil-off gas treatment process and system.
The OSMR process is based on a proven, simple, single-mixed
refrigerant system with the addition of conventional combined heat and
power and ammonia refrigeration technology to significantly enhance
An illustration of LNG Ltd’s Gladstone
the plant performance (LNG output and overall process efficiency).
Fisherman’s Landing LNG Project.
This results in a plant cost of around half that of competing technologies
(based on dollars per tonne per annum) and an overall plant efficiency, which is around 30 per cent better than others
(i.e. 30 per cent less carbon emissions).
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NSW Gov announces CSG reforms
Gas to Energy Solutions
NSW Deputy Premier
and Nationals Leader
Andrew Stoner.
Australia to become a dominant shale player: KuicK Research
Increasing investments and favourable policy framework will drive
shale gas exploration and development in Australia, and the country will
emerge as a dominant player in the global shale gas market, according to
research by KuicK Research.
As per KuicK Research’s Australia Shale Gas Market Analysis research
report findings, Australia is looking to build its shale gas reserves rapidly
to gain a better foothold in the world shale gas market and also to increase
its natural gas exports.
A shale exploration well being drilled
“The Australian shale gas development is in its embryonic stage.
in the Cooper Basin.
Companies are just getting hold of acreages and more are coming in for
purchasing of blocks and partnering with the existing block owners. The Government is yet to make policies and
regulations for the sale of shale gas blocks and their development,” says the research company.
Energy networks to be trialled for energy efficiency opportunities
The Federal Government will trial the participation of energy networks and major
greenfield sites as part of the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program (EEO) to assess
the potential energy savings available to these sectors.
The trials for energy transmission and distribution networks, major greenfield sites
and expansion projects will be undertaken over the next twelve months and will include
thorough consultation with industry throughout the process to ensure the development
of an effective assessment and reporting framework.
Federal Minister for
In addition, the Government will undertake a statutory review of the first five-year
Resources, Energy
cycle of the EEO program. This review will assess the effectiveness of the program in
and Tourism Martin
building energy management capability and identifying and implementing cost-effective
Ferguson.
energy efficiency opportunities.
The necessary EEO regulatory amendments to facilitate this trial will be tabled by the Federal Government in
due course in preparation for participation of the networks and greenfield sectors. The Government will consider
further regulatory changes as required following the outcome of the trials and following industry consultation
and feedback.
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New South Wales Deputy Premier and Nationals Leader Andrew Stoner has
announced sweeping reforms to the state’s CSG industry, including the creation of a
new Land and Water Commissioner role, the removal of the royalty reprieve for CSG
producers, and implementation of incentive programs for producers to contribute funds
to local projects under a new community benefits initiative.
The NSW Government will appoint a new Land and Water Commissioner to oversee
the regulation of invasive exploration activity on strategic regional land before this
activity occurs, and establish new Regional Community Funds, which Mr Stoner says will
see local communities receive a share of their region’s assets.
The NSW Government will refund $1 for every $2 committed by industry, and will fund
its contribution by ending the royalty reprieve for CSG producers. Currently, the first five
years of CSG production are royalty-free, after which royalties are imposed at an initial
rate of 6 per cent per annum, rising by 1 per cent every year until reaching the top rate
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New North Sea gas discovery
Total Exploration and Production has made a significant
gas and condensate discovery in the King Lear prospect on
PL146 and PL333 in the southern sector of the Norwegian
North Sea. The King Lear 2/4-21 well encountered volumes
estimated between 70 and 200 MMboe. Total E&P Senior
Vice President Northern Europe Patrice de Viviès said “This
success confirms the deep gas/condensate prospectivity
of the whole area. Together with the existing Tommeliten
discovery, this could lead to a new gas processing hub in the
area, onstream before the end of this decade.”
TransCanada to head up GasLink Project
TransCanada has been selected by Shell Canada
and its partners to design, build, own and operate
the proposed 700 km Coastal GasLink project, an
estimated $A4 billion pipeline that will transport
approximately 1.7 Bcf/d of natural gas from the
Motney gas-producing region near Dawson Creek
to the recently announced LNG export facility near
Kitimat in British Columbia.
Construction begins on South Andean
Gas Pipeline
Construction has begun on the 1,085 km
South Andean Gas Pipeline, which will
transport Camisea gas throughout
the Peruvian cities of Puno, Arequipa,
Matarani and Ilo. The pipeline will start
at the Camisea gas fields in Cusco, and
then proceed south through the cities of
Puno, Arequipa, Matarani, and Ilo, and
possibly further on to Tacna. The works
include building a 743 km mainline, a
334 km secondary gas network, four gas
compressor stations and four natural gas
liquid pumping stations. Construction
contractor Kuntur Transportadora de Gas
said construction is expected to take up to
three years.
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NuEnergy granted exclusive
prospecting licence
The Malawi Government has
granted NuEnergy Gas the
exclusive prospecting licence
EPL0360/12, located in the south
of Malawi for a period of three
years. The licence covers an area
of 246 sq km and has both CSG
and shale gas potential. Based
on past geological studies of the
area, the bituminous coal shales
are expected to underlie most of
the licensed area at an attractive
exploration depth and several
of the coal seams are of good
quality, with up to 74 per cent
fixed carbon content.
Centrica and Statoil extend MoU
Centrica and Statoil have signed an
extension to their memorandum of
understanding (MoU) to collaborate on
gas-focused exploration opportunities
in Norway and the United Kingdom.
The original MoU, which was signed in
November 2011, has already resulted
in the companies bidding jointly in
the 27th UK North Sea licensing
round. The MoU will be extended until
June 2013 and serves to cement the
strategic relationship between the
UK and Norway.
NDF funds boost Iranian gas projects
The National Development Fund (NDF)
will allocate $A5 billion to the South Pars
phases 20–24, located offshore in the
Persian Gulf, to accelerate development
operations in the world’s largest gas
field. The funds will be allocated to those
projects with execution priority. According
to Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi,
18 per cent of NDF's funds have been
allocated to the implementation of oil
industry projects.
New partnership to develop Chinese gas fields
Sino Gas and Energy and MIE Holdings have
entered into a strategic partnership to develop
Sanjiaobei and Linxing production sharing
contracts (PSC) in the Shanxi Province, China.
Under the terms of definitive agreements, MIE
will progressively invest $A88.7 million in Sino
Gas and Energy, which holds the PSCs and will
acquire $A9.9 million of existing shares in Sino
Gas and Energy.
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Fuelling with natural gas
Since 2010 BOC has supported significant industry growth through diverse projects, and
is now planning large scale investment into LNG production and fleet refuelling for the
east coast of Australia, including the current construction of a processing plant next to the
Condamine Power Station located near Miles in the Surat Basin, Queensland.
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anaging Director of BOC South
Pacific Colin Isaac said that
through significant investment in
these and other pioneering projects; the
company is promoting environmentally
friendly trucking in Tasmania, fuelling
the transport industry with CSG from
Queensland, and is currently assisting
in connecting Victoria to Queensland
through a network of natural gas
refuelling stations.
BOC hopes to provide commercial and
passenger vehicles with natural gas fuel
for their vehicles.
According to Mr Isaac, BOC is also
nearing the end of construction on the
company’s Air Separation Unit (ASU)
facility in Karratha, Western Australia.
“The ASU will further enhance energy
security and meet gas work demand for
the state’s booming North West Shelf,”
he said.
“The application of innovative technologies with this project has meant BOC has
taken a ‘greener' and ‘leaner’ approach
with its newest gas production facility,
using less than half the energy of traditional plants, the high-tech ASU is also
Providing reliable
gas solutions
BOC is already promoting environmentallyfriendly trucking in Tasmania through its
Westbury micro-LNG plant.
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‘air cooled’, eliminating the use of water
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Offering a highly experienced team of
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BOC identifies opportunities for its oil
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technologies and the enhancement of
existing projects.
BOC’s extensive applications in the
oil and gas sector include purging and
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With over 100 years' experience in the
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"The application of innovative technologies with this
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– Colin Isaac, Managing Director, BOC South Pacific
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New IGU committee tackles
PR and marketing
GHD’s Barbara Jinks has recently been nominated as Vice Chair of the International Gas
Union's Program Committee E, focusing on gas marketing and communications for the
research triennium of 2012–2015.
E
very three years between the
International Gas Union’s (IGU)
conference and exhibition, members
participate in a range of committees
focused on key development areas of
the international gas industry, for the
betterment of industry practices and
procedures.
Ms Jinks will lead Study Group 2, and
will work with Program Committee E
(PGCE) to address two key objectives:
1. Identify and develop ideas, tools and
products for the successful promotion
and sale of natural gas; and,
2. Define ways to effectively convey the
merits of natural gas and to advocate
for its role in sustainable development
in a clean energy economy.
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Within the core PGCE will be three
study groups who will individually tackle
the topics of natural gas advocacy,
competing with other energies, and
marketing and natural gas promotion
campaigns.
Each of the three study groups will
produce a handbook for the industry’s
use, and will contribute to a special report
on the e-gas industry: How the internet
and its use has affected marketing in the
gas industry.
The PGCE team consists of a number
of international industry experts including
Juan Antonio Perez from the Spanish Gas
Association; Geert Greving, from GasTerra
Netherlands; and, PGCE Chair Alfredo
Ingelmo, Gas Natural Fenosa Spain.
Barbara Jinks.
Each study group will create a handbook for local implementation and best practice standards, containing the
following:
Study Group 1: Natural gas advocacy
• Specific proposals on how to build and maintain a constant flow of communication to improve the image of
natural gas on regional and national levels (associations)
• Communication plan proposal with concrete topics and actions
• Special attention to impacts of unconventional gas development on communication activities.
Study Group 2: Competing with other energies
• Analysis of advocacy activities of other energy sectors (coal, oil, nuclear, renewable, others)
• Analysis of marketing and promotion activities in other energy sectors (coal, oil, nuclear, renewable, others) to
expand their activity and attract new customers.
Study Group 3: Marketing and promotion campaigns of natural gas and its uses
• Analysis of international marketing and promotion campaigns for the use of natural gas
• Compendium of best practices.
For more information visit our website www.2wglobal.com or call:
For more information about the PGCE or how you can be involved, contact Barbara Jinks on 0428 783 327
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New book highlights Australia’s
gas leaders
Gas Today Publisher Great Southern Press will be producing Australia’s Gas Leaders 2013,
a new publication that will feature forecasts, profiles, and company information about
Australia’s foremost gas innovators, thinkers and captains of industry.
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ith six of the world’s 14 major
LNG projects around the world
currently under construction
in Australia, the country is set to play
a vital role in the global LNG boom.
Australia’s close proximity to Asia places
the country in a strategic and costcompetitive position to capitalise on LNG
export opportunities.
Demand for Australian gas has highlighted the importance of emerging unconventional gas technology in increasing
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Reduce your job time by upping
the tension
HYTORC discusses how its focus on bolt load instead of torque has led to the development
of tensioning systems that can halve your job time.
W
hen HYTORC was founded over
40 years ago, ‘tight’ referred to
when the nut stopped turning.
While this led to time-consuming
maintenance down the road, there were
not many other options available, so
loosened nuts, unexpected shutdowns
and flange leakage were considered to be
part of the normal operation of a plant.
When HYTORC introduced the first
hydraulic-powered multiplier, the game
began to change. For the first time, nuts
could be turned until they were too tight.
With this, HYTORC began to focus on bolt
load, instead of torque.
Most hydraulic torque wrenches can
achieve accurate torque within 3 per cent,
but even when the same exact torque is
applied to each nut, the bolt load can vary
greatly across the flange, and this can lead
to much bigger issues.
HYTORC says “There are many things
that can cause a constant torque value to
result in varying bolt loads: flange surface
changes, debris under the nut, uneven
thread axis, and/or damaged bolt threads.
“It’s easier to understand when you
imagine the factors in an exaggerated
way. For example, imagine turning down
two nuts with equal torque but one has
rough sandpaper underneath and the
other is turning on a perfectly smooth
surface. With the exact same torque, the
one with sandpaper underneath will have
less bolt load than the other. While you
may not find sandpaper on your flange,
take a close look, and you will usually see
some varied imperfections under the nut
seating areas.”
HYTORC offers two tensioning systems
that can overcome the variables that affect
the final bolt load.
“For the first time in bolting history, you
can set the desired load and achieve that load
within 5 per cent across the entire flange,
without heating or post-tension measuring,”
says HYTORC. “This even and accurate
bolt load is what allows HYTORC to offer
a money-back guarantee on the system.
If your flange is not completed faster and
safer than ever before, with no leaks upon
start-up – you don’t pay for the job!”
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The patented HYTORC tensioning
systems are based on fasteners known
as the HYTORC Nut™ and the HYTORC
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being used by major energy companies in
numerous locations around the world.
“Breakthrough independent studies
have confirmed that the HYTORC
tensioning systems are the safest option on
certain original equipment manufacturer
equipment and retrofit applications,”
adds HYTORC.
In addition to their high levels of
accuracy and performance guarantee,
HYTORC says that its tensioning systems
have also been proven to reduce job
time by at least half over any other
bolting system.
“In several cases, where the HYTORC
Washer was used on multiple applications
during an outage, over 24 hours of time
was saved in the total bolting job time,”
says HYTORC. “What is an extra day of
operation worth in your plant?”
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of the new valves.
Race against the clock in Mila
With a limited amount of time to complete works, Enerflex was able to successfully replace
two valves on the Eastern Gas Pipeline in Mila, New South Wales, with half a day to spare.
I
n July 2008, Enerflex completed
the engineering, procurement and
construction contract for a gas
turbine-driven compressor station at the
midpoint of the Eastern Gas Pipeline in
Mila, New South Wales.
In April 2012, Enerflex returned to the
project to undertake shutdown works to
replace two existing welded-in station
isolation valves with flanged equivalents.
The compressor station shutdown
was scheduled for a weekend in the
‘shoulder season’.
Enerflex Electrical and Instrumentation
Engineering Co-ordinator Jeff Snelgar
explained “This is when gas demand
is at its lowest, however maintaining
line pressure is critical to supplying
customers. Without midline compression,
the downstream pipework can drop to a
low pressure over a period of days.”
For this reason, the shutdown had to be
limited to four days.
The valves that were to be replaced
provide the main isolation between the
pipeline and the compressor station and
are critical to safe station operations.
The modifications allow for much greater
flexibility if the valves require maintenance
attention in the future.
Enerflex’s specialist crew used a
pneumatic-powered clamshell cutter to
precisely cut out the existing valves one at
a time, and installed new 406 mm diameter
900# RF flanges on the pipeline side to
provide connection to the new flanged
valves; the station side already had existing
flanges that could be utilised.
“The challenges of replacing valves
on a live pipe revolve around doing the
work accurately and efficiently, and the
criticality of the cuts and welds,” said
Mr Snelgar.
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“It is imperative that the new valves,
flanges, weld gaps, spool pieces and
gaskets are all accurately measured and
that their dimensions have been worked
out to determine where the cut into the
pipework needs to be made. If the gap
remaining is too large then welding is
difficult or impossible, and if it is left too
long the cut will need to be made again,
taking up time.”
“Adding to this challenge is that
pipework expands and contracts with the
heat of the sun, so estimating this effect
plays a large part in getting it right. Our
pipefitting crew managed to get both
cuts within a few millimetres, which is
exceptionally good.”
Mr Snelgar said that positive isolations
are critical to ensure safety. “Our crew
worked with the client, Jemena, to create
a safe work environment when only a
single double-sealing ball valve is all that
separated the cut from the main pipeline,
which contained explosive natural gas.
Purging and continuous gas monitoring
provided the required safety mitigations,”
he said.
Due to the time criticality, two teams
worked together simultaneously to speed
up the process. The engineering and
electrical and instrumentation crew
worked to retrofit the actuators and swing
test the valves offline while two coded
welders worked on the flange and piping
cuts and welds.
Upon successful non-destructive testing
of the welds, the new valves were installed
and the bolts tensioned. As part of the
works, the existing solenoids and position
switches for the actuators were required
to be disconnected and bracketing and
instrument air tubing modified and
re-installed to suit the new dimensioned
valves. The new valves were then
reinstated and successfully swing tested
via station controls.
Despite having a limited timeframe of
only four days – the first of which was lost
due to isolation issues out of Enerflex’s
control – Enerflex’s congruently working
teams were able to complete the works
in just over two days from initial isolations
through to final sign-off, bringing great
satisfaction to the client Jemena.
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Welders working to connect a flange.
Energy & Infrastructure Specialists
Pipe lengths being welded on the Roma
to Brisbane Pipeline looping project.
Looping the Roma to Brisbane
Pipeline
APA Group has contracted WDS Ltd to loop the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline, originally
constructed in the 1960s.
T
he 6 km looping project recently
commenced at Preston Road in
Carina, Queensland, and is set to
terminate at Paringa Road, Murarrie. The
line is currently being constructed using
400 mm diameter X70 grade, dual-fusion
bonded, epoxy-coated pipe, and runs
parallel to the existing line, crossing it at
a number of locations.
The Pipeline Drillers Group initially
assisted APA Group in planning the
horizontal directional drilling (HDD) along
the route and, having worked successfully
with WDS on a number of previous pipeline
projects, WDS subcontracted the HDD
operation to the Pipeline Drillers Group,
who currently has three rigs committed to
the project.
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Challenges to overcome
The terrain in which the looping project
is being undertaken is generally low lying
and is therefore susceptible to flooding
and tidal influence for much of its length.
According to WDS, groundwater could be
a problem for the project, together with the
associated impacts of acid sulphate soil.
Mangroves and areas of marine couch and
sedges are also evident along the route
and special measures have been adopted
to preserve these as much as possible.
In order to cross the Gateway Arterial
Road, Lytton Road, the Port of Brisbane
railway line and numerous other environmentally sensitive areas associated with
tributaries of Bulimba Creek, the use of
HDD was necessary. A total of nine HDDs
have been required throughout the duration of the project, totalling approximately
40 per cent of the length of the pipeline.
Urbanisation has also encroached
alongside the original right-of-way, meaning that special consideration had to be
given to construction access and methods
with street works. In order to accommodate this issue, some of the construction
had to be undertaken at night to lessen
disruption to enterprises along the line.
However, WDS is working closely with
APA throughout the project and has not
encountered any unforeseen issues at
this point.
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• gathering systems
• compression & process facilities
• power generation
• pipelines
• fabrication
• water desalination & pumping stations
• water & sewage treatment plants
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According to WDS, there are a number
of reasons that have made HDD an
optimal method of construction for various
sections, including:
• Crossing environmentally sensitive
areas such as sections of mangroves
and watercourses associated with
Bulimba Creek;
• Crossing sections of community parkland infrastructure at Minippi Park off
Pearson Road; and,
• Traversing under motorways, railway
lines and roads.
The Pipeline Drillers Group has had
three rigs working on the project: a
Vermeer-100/120; a Vermeer-330; and a
CMS-180.
With the three rigs now employed, it was
anticipated at the time of writing that the
HDD operations would be completed by
the end of June 2012.
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Building contractor relationships
Comdain Infrastructure has secured a contract opportunity with Victorian gas distributor
Multinet Gas, as one of the company's preferred suppliers of operational and maintenance
services on the network for the next five years, with the option of a three-year extension.
C
omdain Chief Operating Officer
Peter Coen shares with Gas Today
the company’s tips for securing
contracts and negotiating the contractor/
asset owner relationship.
The tender process
Comdain was selected as preferred
service provider for one of Multinet Gas’
two regions after a comprehensive,
competitive market tender process.
“Multinet Gas commenced with an
expressions of interest process in mid-2011.
Five organisations were shortlisted and
invited to participate in the Request for
Proposal (RFP) phase,” says Mr Coen.
“The RFP required us to answer very
specific criteria of questions on proposed
methodology and business practises,
as well as detailed unitised pricing and
the formulation of a five-year budget.
Through this phase, the Multinet Gas
team assessed our collaborative nature in
a number of interviews.”
Following six months of various
assessment stages, where the tenders
were finally whittled down again to only
two organisations, Comdain emerged as
one of Multinet Gas’ preferred suppliers.
Mr Coen notes that the process can
be long, and that each step needs to be
undertaken in great detail to ensure that both
parties are informed of their responsibilities
and duties under the contract.
The up-side of this, however, is the
process of unearthing the opportunities
that exist for increased performance and
delivery of cost savings. Mr Coen says that
a company that can demonstrate valueadding experience and a comprehensive
skill set to the asset owner throughout the
process is at a distinct advantage.
Walk the walk
Mr Coen strongly believes that Comdain
successfully obtained the contract because
it was able to demonstrate vision and value
in alignment with that of Multinet Gas,
and work collaboratively with the Multinet
Gas team.
“Our practical objectives are quite
different, but our underlying business
approach and vision and ethos are quite
similar and you can’t create that. It’s not
artificial – you can’t just turn that on like a
tap,” says Mr Coen.
“We are very much a relationshipbased business that operates on a high
level of communication with our clients
and stakeholders.”
Planning and a focus on a strong core
team were also factors in Comdain’s
success, as opposed to focusing the
company’s efforts on non-core opportunities,
jumping from one opportunity to the next,
and re-inventing themselves for each new
client – a trap that Mr Coen says many
contractors can fall into.
Comdain successfully obtained the contract because it
was able to demonstrate vision and value in alignment
with that of Multinet Gas, and work collaboratively with
the Multinet Gas team.
“We have a dedicated development team
that allows us to monitor opportunities and
to provide as much market data available
as possible to our operational general
managers. But it is our operational and
delivery staff that are the real quality in any
of our bids,” he says.
“When our people are in front of clients
like Multinet Gas, they can see that there is
genuine substance about who we are and
what we can do for them.
“Because of our long heritage and
stable environment, we have a good depth
of senior people allowing us to manage
succession planning in the organisation,
which of course means that our middle
management have senior mentors
to impart a wealth of knowledge and
customer service.”
Forging alliances for large
tenders
Comdain also has, and will continue to,
partner with organisations to co-tender for
various opportunities. Introducing another
company and another relationship to manage can make everyday business convoluted. However, when setting partnership
criteria themselves, Mr Coen says that
Comdain assesses any other partnership
opportunity in the same way, by making
sure the companies have a base of shared
ideology to build on, which ensures everyone works toward the same objectives.
“We are only after partners who are
of a similar mindset to ourselves, who
have a similar ideology and philosophy to
business. It has been proven a number
of times that companies with opposing
business philosophies who attempt to
work within relationship-based contracts
are disasters waiting to happen.”
Comdain will officially begin work with
Multinet Gas in mid-2013.
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This world renowned engineering design and project delivery provider has a specialist focus on the Queensland
Coal Seam Gas Industry. With global capabilities across South-East Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas, this
company prides themselves on offering technically-advanced, cost-effective solutions as an EPC contractor. They
have successfully delivered projects on a national and international scale and are now looking to capitalise on
their strong workload within power and controls.
Currently performing the concept, basic, FEED and Detail design on green and brown field projects both locally
and internationally, the company is seeking to appoint a Senior Instrument & Controls Engineer to join their team
of experienced professionals.
You will be a tertiary qualified engineer, with a solid knowledge of design standards and exposure to hazardous
areas within oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals or refining. You will be responsible for writing functional
specifications and developing projects, reporting directly into the Principal Engineer. Bringing your expertise in
instrumentation design, you will be proficient in using an array of software packages delivering projects according
to scope and schedule. You will have diverse knowledge of control system design products and instrumentation
equipment.
You will be rewarded with competitive salary rates and a fantastic work/life balance working for this reputable
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Brisbane.
A dynamic global oil and gas exploration company is looking for a Senior Exploration/Structural Geologist to join
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The purpose of this role is to support the exploration manager and offer geological leadership in technical
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Ideally you will have a degree in geology with Masters or PhD
qualified applicants given preferential consideration. You will
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You will be rewarded with a generous salary package and a
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Britain’s BG Group has demonstrated its commitment to the Australian economy and
workforce with the construction of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project through its subsidiary
QGC. QGC speaks with Gas Today about upcoming tender opportunities for the project and
how contractors can ensure they stand out from their competitors.
A
priority project for QGC, the
Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG)
Project, involves developing CSG
fields in the Surat Basin and transporting
gas via a 540 km underground pipeline
network to Curtis Island, near Gladstone,
where it will be liquefied for export.
The project will create an average of
5,000 jobs during construction and up to
1,000 jobs across Queensland during the
project operation phase.
The project is set to provide a
$32 billion boost to the Queensland
economy over the next 10 years, with QGC
to pay approximately $1 billion a year in
taxes and royalties to the Federal and
Queensland governments.
Driving Queensland’s economy
Since 2010, QGC has invested
approximately $8 billion on the QCLNG
Project, channeling 74 per cent of these
funds into Australia and 59 per cent to
Queensland specifically.
The company’s latest six-monthly report
to the Queensland Coordinator-General on
Australian Industry Participation – from
1 October 2011 to 31 March 2012 – reveals
that Queensland and Australian companies
were engaged on contracts valued at
$6.1 billion for a wide range of goods and
services for QGC and the QCLNG Project.
QGC Managing Director Derek Fisher
says $4.4 billion of this contracted work
was being done by Queensland-owned and
operated businesses.
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region between Toowoomba and Roma,”
Mr Fisher says.
“Our total workforce has now passed
7,300 people – with 1,594 staff and contractors working directly for QGC and 5,719
people engaged by our major contractors.
“The workforce includes 235 graduates, trainees and apprentices, more
than double the number reported at
31 September 2011.
“We also have a strong commitment to
local research and development with more
than $77 million invested to date and 65 per
cent of that in Queensland,” says Mr Fisher.
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According to QGC, over the next three
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Major contractors for the QCLNG
project include:
• KBR, engineering and design of QCLNG
pipeline
• Bechtel, engineering, procurement and
construction
• Transfield Services, gas field work
(capital works and maintenance)
• McConnell Dowell and Consolidated
Constructors Corporation (MCJV), for
the QCLNG pipeline
• Thiess, construction of processing
facilities including six field compressors
and one central processing facility
• Kentz, for integrated commissioning
services
• GE Power and Water, water treatment
plant at Curtis Island.
Each of these companies were required
to submit a Local Content Plan to QGC, and
through this have committed to providing
opportunities for local businesses. QGC
advises that smaller contractors who
hope to benefit from these lucrative
sub-contracting positions would be well
advised to promote their involvement in
the industry in this way.
How to get involved
More than 47,000 registrations of
interest have been received from
Australian businesses seeking to supply
to the QCLNG Project.
This means that tenders submitted will
undergo rigorous scrutiny and high levels
of competition from competitors.
QGC has been working with the Industry
Capability Network (ICN) for three years to
identify Australian firms to bid for work. ICN
is a not-for-profit organisation supported
by the Queensland Government whose aim
is to identify procurement opportunities
to increase local industry access to major
domestic and global projects.
By engaging with agencies such as
this, contractors may lighten the burden
of looking out for the next working
opportunity and can instead focus on the
task at hand.
The ICN Gateway website is QGC’s first
port-of-call for updates including a range
of useful information on upcoming tenders
as well as the company and its contractors.
QGC advises Gas Today that it is
important for businesses looking to
work on the QCLNG Project to have a
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Tyco Water and Murphy Pipe and Civil
are two contractors who have secured
work on the QCLNG Project, supplying
carbon steel, concrete-lined trunklines
and pipe fittings, and gas and water
pipelines respectively.
Both companies demonstrated strong
capability profiles throughout the tender
process.
Tyco Water sourced all materials from
Australian suppliers including BlueScope
Steel, and used local transport companies.
The company was able to quickly employ
an extra 110 people to complete the
pipe supply contract, creating significant
employment opportunities. The company
has also increased shifts at the Wacol
facility in Queensland from one to two in
order to produce more product.
Organisations considering submitting
a tender to QGC need to consider how
they will continue to resource a growing
project.
Murphy Pipe and Civil was formed
in 2006 and has grown rapidly to now
employ 450 staff. A further 250 staff will
be employed to fulfill the company’s
QCLNG contract. Murphy Pipe and Civil
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early on, investing capital in Spiderplough
technology, which sets it apart from
its competitors. According to Murphy
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ability to lay high-density polyethylene
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need for open trenches. The pipeline
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embraced by the industry, particularly the
CSG sector within Queensland’s booming
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In order to continue to deliver on contracts
and to diversify its capability profile, Murphy
Pipe and Civil also merged in 2011 with
J. Murphy and Sons, demonstrating its
ability to be forward thinking.
Both companies were able to
demonstrate to QGC that their aims were
aligned and that all three organisations
shared a philosophy of supporting local
sub-contractors and labor.
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What does NSW’s Strategic
Regional Land Use Policy mean
for the CSG industry?
by Michael Bugler, CNC Project Management
In early 2012, the New South Wales Government released details of its Strategic Regional
Land Use Policy for public comment. The policy aims to provide for sustainable management
of resources and the protection of agricultural land. The policy will have wide-reaching
impacts on the CSG industry.
T
he Government has stated that the
Strategic Regional Land Use Policy
(SRLUP) is being introduced as a
way of ‘providing greater protection for
high-value agricultural land from the
growth of coal mining and CSG’.
The key change to the approvals process
proposed under the SRLUP is creating a
new gateway assessment requiring any
proposals for CSG projects on or within
2 km of important agricultural land –
known
as
‘Biophysical
Strategic
Agricultural Land’ (SAL) – to undertake the
gateway assessment before a development
application (DA) can be lodged. If there is no
gateway approval, a DA cannot commence.
There is no provision for the reassessment
of a gateway decision.
The gateway process effectively creates
another level of assessment prior to
commencing the existing stringent
development approval process. What
level of project information the gateway
process will require is unclear. This is
daunting for a proponent in the early
stages of a project when final design
criteria are still being considered, along
with likely mitigation measures. The level
of consultation expected from a proponent
before entering the gateway process
is not indicated.
There is no explanation as to why the
elements to be considered in the gateway
process cannot be incorporated into the
existing planning assessment process
which would reduce duplication.
The establishment of SAL is a
cornerstone of the SRLUP and while
criteria to identify SAL are listed, there is
no discussion of why these criteria have
been selected or why they are important in
identifying ‘strategic’ agricultural land.
There is no attempt to offer technical or
environmental justification for the 2 km
buffer zone around SAL. The SRLUP also
ignores that CSG and high-value cropping
can, and do, co-exist, a point highlighted
by the Australian Petroleum Production
and Exploration Association (APPEA) in
its submission.
Similar to SAL, Critical Industry Cluster
(CIC) areas will be established to ‘protect’
industries such as viticulture and equine.
The designation of these areas based on
criteria open to subjective assessment is
another important concern.
CNC Project Management’s Michael Bugler.
The
mapping
supporting
the
identification of SAL gives no confidence
that the listed criteria have been applied,
and no process has been identified
to provide for validation of SAL areas.
Similarly, the mapping supporting the CIC
does not give confidence to proponents
that effort has been taken to establish
these areas with appropriate accuracy.
What is the gateway process?
The NSW Government describes the gateway process as a ‘new, independent assessment process that will
investigate the impacts of major resource projects on SAL and make a determination on whether it should proceed to
lodgement of development application.’ It will apply on or within 2 km of SAL.
The gateway assessment will consist of a panel of independent experts who will assess proposals against criteria
designed to protect SAL and groundwater sources.
Broadly, the gateway assessment will consider whether proposals will reduce productivity of SAL or impact highly
productive groundwater, with a stated key principle of the process being that proposals must satisfy a public benefit
test based on a triple bottom line cost benefit analysis.
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Some additional unresolved questions
about the gateway process include:
• The process relies on a ‘panel of
independent experts who will assess
proposals’. Will there be multiple
panels and, if not, how will a single
panel handle the workload?
• If the panel seeks advice from the
public it is likely to expect the public has
been provided with project information
so they can offer informed views,
leading to a situation where a full public
consultation will need to be undertaken
in advance of the gateway process, and
then repeated after it passes through
the gateway to the DA process.
• The Federal Government has established
a specialist CSG advisory panel and the
NSW Government has asked that this
panel provide advice to the gateway
panel. This is likely to lead to delays
and a lack of clarity as to whether the
proponent also needs to liaise with the
Federal panel.
• It is not clear if during the DA process
a requirement arises for a small length
of pipeline (pipelines are also covered
under the SRLUP) to be moved into
the 2 km buffer. Will the project have
to re-start the approvals process at the
gateway process?
• How will the gateway panel define its
public benefit test, cited as being ‘based
on a triple bottom line cost benefit
analysis’?
The industry has mounted a strong
response, with key submissions from
APPEA and the NSW Minerals Council
providing an excellent overview of industry
concerns.
Two of the key concerns raised in industry
submissions include: that the issues the
SRLUP seeks to address – alienation of
SAL and damage to shallow freshwater
aquifers – are non-issues for CSG; and,
that the government’s response to the
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A vision for natural gas in 2050
by Dale Weber, Director, Gas and Energy Market Development, Energy Networks Association
Many policy makers believe natural gas will thrive in Australia’s move toward a sustainable
future – but not every natural gas sector stands to benefit. With this in mind, the Energy
Networks Association has developed a Gas Leadership Scenario, to fully realise the
potential of the gas distribution sector to 2050.
T
he natural gas distribution sector
has an exciting opportunity to
significantly contribute to meeting
Australia’s sustainable energy objectives
by expanding beyond traditional uses
of gas. This would, in turn, provide a
number of benefits to the Australian
economy, including:
• Enhanced energy security;
• Long-term cost competitiveness by
delivering an optimum distribution
transport tariff;
• Structure, resulting in lower delivered
gas prices to customers;
• Enhanced efficiency in energy delivery;
• Lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA)
has developed a Gas Leadership Scenario
which will see it deliver these benefits
progressively through to 2050.
The vision focuses on growth in three
key segments:
1. Appliance usage in the residential and
commercial sector;
2. Road transport; and,
3. Distributed power generation.
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loss? The answer is: Yes, the advantages are generally greater than the disadvantages. In test cases, including actual
operating case studies, clear value can be seen through the use of a 3-stage filtration system with the filter sequence
F6-F9-E11 according to EN 779 and EN 1822. Even retrofitting costs for the installation of an additional filter stage can,
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2026
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The belief of policy makers that gas
will benefit significantly from government
carbon reduction policies, has lead to the
view that no adjustments to current energy
policies are required.
Indeed, as shown in Figure 1, based on
Treasury modelling, total gas demand is
projected to increase significantly from
2011 through to 2030 and 2050.
As the chart shows, export market LNG
grows significantly under each of the low,
reference, and high-LNG scenarios, and
will clearly be a big winner.
What concerns the downstream
networks sector is that, given that gas for
large-scale power generation is supplied
from pipelines rather than networks,
there is a big risk that network volumes
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To enable natural gas to be transported over long distances, pressure needs to be increased, placing the gas under
compression. This takes place in gas compressor stations, in which the compression process needs to be protected
from dust and dirt particles. If these elements enter the air stream, the air compressor section of the gas turbine
becomes polluted. As a result, the blades no longer run correctly, adversely effecting both efficiency and availability.
To clean the blades, the turbine needs to be shut down. This directly affects the business of the energy supplier,
reducing competitiveness.
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2014
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2020
2023
2026
2029
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Transport
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2047
2050
Industrial
Figure 2: Network gas demand under the 550 ppm scenario. (Source: Core Energy Group, December 2011.)
will decrease – or at best increase only
marginally over time – and that average
volumes-per-customer will decrease.
Even if input costs are held constant in
real terms, falling average consumption is
likely to lead to rising network tariffs and
delivered gas prices in the longer term.
A narrowing of the gap between gas and
electricity prices may mean gas becomes
less attractive to consumers, leading to
lower connection rates. This, combined with
lower consumption, is likely to challenge
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Clearly not all sectors in the natural gas
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The ENA’s response
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In response to these concerns, the ENA
initiated a study to both understand the
likely implications for the downstream
gas sector under various climate change
policy settings, and identify potential
opportunities to address trends of
declining consumption and to enhance
the sector.
The association engaged the Core Energy
Group to perform a detailed modelling
and scenario analysis, with analysis
undertaken based on four scenarios:
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1. Business as usual (BAU)
This is a base case scenario using a
linear model based on historical trends,
with no carbon price.
Under the BAU scenario, average
consumption continues to decline and
growth in the sector is marginal out to 2050.
2. 450 ppm carbon scenario
Under this scenario, based on the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) recommendation to reduce
global temperature rise to 20˚Celsius, gas
initially gains a small share of the energy
balance through the increased uptake of
decentralised gas-fired generation, and
then declines by the late 2020s.
However, the decline in the industrial
and residential and commercial sectors
results in a decline in total volumes over
time, leading to increasing network tariffs.
By the mid-2020s there is a risk that
the expansion of the gas networks to
supply new dwellings could become
uneconomical as a result of increasing
network prices.
Under a 450 parts per million (ppm) target,
the viability of the continued growth of the
gas network sector is under threat without
the introduction of low or zero emission gas
to reduce the average carbon content.
3. 550 ppm carbon scenario
This scenario has been adopted as core
policy by the Federal Government and
forms the basis of Treasury modelling.
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2011
2014
R&C
2017
2020
2023
2026
2029
Decentralised Generation
2032
2035
2038
Transport
2041
2044
2047
2050
Industrial
Figure 3: Network gas demand under the gas leadership scenario. [Source: Core Energy Group,
December 2011.]
As shown in Figure 2, network volumes
under this scenario initially increase,
reflecting opportunities for gas to substitute
for other more carbon-intensive fuels.
However, network volumes decline by
the mid-2030s because of the decline
in uptake of decentralised generation.
Reducing network volumes may in turn put
upward pressure on network pricing.
4. A Gas Leadership Scenario
This scenario demonstrates what can be
achieved by the gas distribution sector with
a change in industry focus and supportive
government policies in place.
A Gas Leadership Scenario model was
built on a ‘bottom up’ approach with three
separate models:
• A new residential and commercial
appliance model was developed industry,
ABS appliance and population data,
and assumptions on the uptake of new
appliances and the future appliance mix;
• A road transport model based on CSIRO
modelling conducted for Treasury and for the
Federal Government’s Strategic Framework
for Alternative Transport Fuels; and,
• A distributed generation model based
on analysis by Treasury and CSIRO.
Under this scenario, the ENA found
that demand in the industrial sector
is consistent with the 550 ppm model,
but the distributed generation forecast
identified opportunities for greater levels
of deployment of small scale distributed
generation, similar to the BlueGen units
currently being deployed in trials as
part of the Smart Grid Smart City project,
along with the uptake of larger scale
cogeneration and trigeneration included
in Treasury modelling.
A narrowing of the
gap between gas and
electricity prices may
mean gas becomes less
attractive to consumers,
leading to lower
connection rates.
Under the Gas Leadership Scenario, as
depicted in Figure 3, gas flow through the
networks increases from approximately
400 petajoules (PJ) in 2011 to almost 670
PJ in 2050.
The increase in demand is expected
to occur primarily from growth in the
distributed generation and transport
sectors, but market retention and modest
growth in the residential and commercial
sector also contribute.
The leadership scenario delivers lower
carbon emissions than the 550 ppm core
government policy scenario and ensures
a strong and vibrant network sector with
optimal network pricing outcomes.
It delivers growth in network volumes
through emission-intensive electricity and
transport fuel substitution and growth in
the residential and commercial appliance
segment. The Gas Leadership Scenario
will deliver sustainable reductions in
energy costs to customers while delivering
significant reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions.
Next steps
The ENA found that the short-term
opportunities provided by the carbon price
for natural gas could also be short-lived,
with the domestic industry eventually
reaching a point of decline in the absence
of complementary government policies.
Policy makers must consider the total
role that gas can play in addressing
domestic carbon emissions, export market
opportunities, and ensuring a reliable and
cost effective energy system.
According to the ENA, realisation of the
Gas Leadership Scenario will depend on
the gas network sector working collectively
to support:
• Advocacy on energy policies to support
emission abatement at the lowest
possible cost, based on the concept
of a level playing field and not picking
individual technologies;
• Working collaboratively with related
industries to develop new opportunities,
specifically in the micro generation and
road transport sectors;
• Research and development into low- or
zero-carbon gas production; and,
• Innovation in networks to reduce
operational costs.
With this in mind, the ENA is planning to
work with industry, government and other
stakeholders to:
• Promote how the Australian economy
would benefit under the Gas Leadership
Scenario;
• Help develop an appropriate policy
framework; and,
• Help the gas distribution sector to
meet the technical and organisational
challenges as Australia moves toward a
low-carbon future.
By the mid-2020s there is
a risk that the expansion of
the gas networks to supply
new dwellings could
become uneconomical
as a result of increasing
network prices.
About the ENA
ENA is the peak national body representing gas and electricity distribution
businesses throughout Australia.
It is comprised of 26 electricity and gas networking companies and
focuses on issues affecting energy networks as a whole, as well as on
issues affecting gas and electricity distribution and transmission networks
separately.
These issues include the national and state government policy and
regulatory environments under which energy networks must operate, and
key technical issues.
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Arrow Energy Community Relations Officer Kathleen Clancy at the Moranbah Gas Project, one of
the largest operating natural gas projects in Australia.
Developing Arrow CSG to LNG for
a cleaner energy future
Arrow Energy is at an exciting stage in pursuing its Queensland CSG-to-LNG project to help
meet the growing global demand for cleaner energy.
A
rrow’s project has some distinct
advantages in that one integrated
company will be developing gas
in two coal basins – the Surat and
Bowen basins – for LNG export, as well
as meeting a major domestic supply
business with commitments to power
stations and mineral refining facilities in
Queensland.
Arrow’s project is also unique in that it
is owned in a 50-50 joint venture by two of
the largest oil and gas companies in the
world, Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina,
and is in the fortunate position of having
already on-sold 100 per cent of its gas to
its parent companies.
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From coal seam to well tip
The Arrow LNG Project has sizeable
gas reserves to draw from – more than
8,000 petajoules, which is at or above the
reserve levels of other Queensland LNG
proponents at the time of final investment
decision (FID) for their respective projects.
More than 1,100 wells currently sit across
both the Bowen and Surat basins within
Arrow’s tenements.
Being the final of the four major
CSG-LNG proponents in Queensland has
meant that Arrow has had time to learn
from its predecessors, seeking to make
further efficiencies. One of the company’s
priorities is demonstrating co-existence
with the agricultural industry through
new gas well technology demonstrations
and a commitment to landholders on
prime agricultural and cropping soil.
Arrow CSG pad drilling, which allows
multiple wells to be positioned on one
pad to minimise the footprint on the land,
will soon be demonstrated on the
company’s own intensively farmed land
outside Dalby.
Pad drilling allows up to eight gas wells
to be drilled side-by-side and on a single
well pad, reducing the well and gathering
systems footprint by 50 per cent, and
spacing between pads can be increased
to up to 1.5 km.
Arrow has also completed six successful
demonstrations of pitless drilling in the
Surat Basin, where drilling mud is stored in
temporary tanks rather than conventional
pits. This process will become the standard
drilling method on intensively farmed land
within the next year.
Pitless drilling uses less water for each
well and reduces waste by 25–30 per cent,
while also enabling the reuse of drilling
mud and cuttings as soil enhancer
or fertiliser.
With new technology Arrow can reduce
its footprint to an impact of less than
2 per cent of the farmland area in the
Arrow Surat Gas Project area.
Pitless drilling uses less water for each well and
reduces waste by 25–30 per cent, while also enabling
the reuse of drilling mud and cuttings as soil enhancer
or fertiliser.
Dual gas highway: the Surat and
Bowen pipelines
The Arrow Surat Pipeline was approved
in January 2010. At the time of writing,
public submissions for Arrow’s Bowen
Pipeline, LNG plant and Surat Gas Project
environmental impact statements (EIS) had
closed, and the Queensland Government
was considering community feedback,
with consultation on the Bowen Gas
Project underway.
The Arrow LNG Project consists of five key components:
1. Surat Gas Project: gas production expansion around Dalby
2. Bowen Gas Project: gas production expansion around Moranbah
3. Arrow Bowen Pipeline: approximately 500 km gas pipeline from Bowen Basin to Gladstone
4. Arrow Surat Pipeline: approximately 500 km gas pipeline from Surat Basin to Gladstone
5. LNG plant: two 4 million tonnes per annum LNG trains on Curtis Island including a 6 km tunnel from the
Gladstone mainland to Curtis Island.
Arrow has been preparing all the necessary regulatory materials to allow State and Federal governments to assess
the project and all its components.
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currently sit across both
the Bowen and Surat
basins within Arrow’s
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Five comprehensive EISs have been
developed for the project which research
and analyse all potential impacts and
how Arrow will work with stakeholders to
minimise them.
Arrow continues to hold regular
community information sessions to update
communities, talk with landholders,
explain the company’s plans and enable
people to provide feedback, altogether
holding more than 100 formal community
engagement sessions since 2009 and
having almost 500 landholder agreements
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Competition for labour across the entire
resources industry, including CSG, remains
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eight global LNG projects currently under
construction that drain international skills.
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specialist engineering fields, but has
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Arrow said that it is confident that the
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Powering PNG on gas
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n the past, power interruptions
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At the beginning of 2012, Powercom
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locally owned electro-mechanical and
engineering companies – installed two
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the main shipping port in Port Moresby.
These two units are not only pioneering
MWM gas generators, successfully
delivered and installed in the country, but
are also satisfying the increasing demand
for uninterrupted power supply at the port.
These two highly efficient 1 megawatt
generators ensure stable energy supply to
support the 24 hour operation of PNGPCL.
In addition to the upgrade of the generator
system, PNGPCL is also in the process
of upgrading their tower lighting system
through an installation of 2,000 watt
floodlights on their mast head towers
ensuring continuous 24 hour operations.
MWM’s TCG 2020 V12K gas genset.
The newly installed gas units will be
powered with propane before switching over
to LNG. The switch to the more sustainable
gas option is expected in the near future
upon the completion of an LNG production
facility in the Highlands Region. It is
expected that this facility will feed these two
highly developed MWM 53 L gas generators
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to cope with diverse gas compositions
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The MWM TCG 2020K series offers both
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Counting calories:
the measurement challenge for
LNG exporters
by Dr Damian Smeulders, Director – Reference Gas Mixtures, National Measurement Institute
Measuring gas accurately is increasingly more critical, particularly as new LNG facilities
are planned to come online in the near future, leading to an increase in the amount of
Australian LNG exports. The challenge for these new suppliers of LNG will be to meet the
exact measurement requirements of their trading partners – that is, to deliver a product
with the correct calorific value.
C
alorific value refers to the energy
content of the natural gas, and is
calculated from the natural gas
composition using ISO 6976.
A company purchasing natural gas is
paying for the energy content of the gas,
and will expect quality for the purchased
product. The international benchmark
for the sale of natural gas is that the
calorific value be specified to within
0.1 per cent of the true calorific value.
Meeting this benchmark is a significant
measurement challenge.
If this requirement is not met it
could result in damage to a company’s
reputation, a decrease in further growth
opportunities, and will jeopardise return
on investment across revenue, plant
and equipment.
Gas calibration standards are gas mixtures with known composition. These are
used during gas analysis to assign compositions to gas samples collected during
processing and transport; ultimately, the
standards are used to assign the calorific
value of exported LNG.
The tolerances on most commercial
gas standards are too large for LNG
export – meaning that the composition and calorific values are simply not
accurate enough. It is only the calibration standards that are produced
under the most stringent manufacturing conditions that will guarantee
optimum results – notably consistent
and correct calorific values that meet
international requirements. The National
Measurement Institute (NMI) of Australia
manufactures gas standards with very
tight tolerances, and these standards
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will deliver measurement results robust
enough to comply with international
trade requirements.
How can Australia meet the
standard?
Australia’s LNG export industry is
relatively young compared with other
nations, and as such, much can be
learned from other countries that already
have a long history of cross-border trade
in natural gas.
This is certainly the case in the AsiaPacific region, where most Australian
LNG is sold. All gas imported into South
Korea is tested by KOGAS and Korea Gas
Safety. Both companies purchase their
calibration standards from the Korea
Research Institute of Standards and
Science (the NMI of South Korea). This
gives these companies the confidence
that they are making consistently
correct measurements of calorific value,
allowing them to operate from a position
of strength.
For Australian gas exports to meet
the exact demands of international
purchasers, investment in quality
calibration standards is essential. In
addition, measurements must also be
periodically checked to ensure that they
remain accurate. Various factors could
make measurements drift with time,
and changes may go unnoticed, until
complaints are received from customers.
The best method for checking the accuracy
of measurement results is through
participating in proficiency testing.
Between October 2010 and May 2012,
the NMI compiled results for proficiency
“We use our results
for marketing purposes,
and our sales team can
sell our products with
confidence.”
– Paul Wong, BOC Gases
testing of CSG, LNG, pipeline and
raw natural gas, and only 10 out of
43 participants (23 per cent) met
the
international
benchmark
for
exported gas.
ConocoPhillips Australia is an Australian
company using the right approach at its
Darwin LNG plant. The company sources
calibration standards from the NMI for
testing LNG and gas products, and also
for monitoring plant performance. It then
takes part in proficiency testing to monitor
the accuracy of measurements for their
international customers.
International partners have defined
their expectations around what is an
acceptable tolerance for import gas
measurements. Therefore, it is important
to consider the damage to business
and trade when the product specified
by the exporter does not measure up
to international import standards.
Such a scenario will have devastating
results, making investment in the right
measurements an essential insurance.
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The 18th Annual SEAAOC 2012 is northern Australia’s
largest and longest established petroleum conference
No other programme covers this area of the industry in such depth with
the highest calibre of speakers and attendees. Speakers include:
Darwin Convention Centre.
2012 Speakers include:
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Australia’s premier
offshore event is back
From 18–20 September 2012 the Darwin Convention Centre
will once again play host to the South East Asia Australia
Offshore Conference (SEAAOC). The event is northern
Australia's largest and longest established petroleum
conference.
S
EAAOC presents a significant
international opportunity to discuss
key gas and LNG developments
located across the entire northern
Australian and South East Asian regions.
The 2012 event will also include a focus
on the next frontier of gas development –
shale gas.
Now in its 18th year and run in
partnership with the Northern Territory
Government, no other program covers
the offshore area of the industry in such
depth, enabling the event to attract the
highest calibre of speaker and delegate
attendance from across the oil and
gas industry.
This year’s event will once again be
co-located with the 6th annual Mining the
Territory event, combined with a large-scale
trade expo, to become NT Resources Week.
Over 800 of Australia and South East
Asia's leading resource professionals will
be in attendance including chief executive
officers, directors, senior consultants,
business development managers, mining
managers, heads of sales and marketing,
oil and gas managers, analysts, managing
directors and general managers.
Delegates will benefit from the best
case studies, keynote presentations, panel
sessions and interactive workshops led by
the most highly respected speakers.
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Northern Territory
Government Chief Minister The
Hon Paul Henderson MLA
ConocoPhillips President
Australia West Todd Creeger
INPEX President Director
Australia Mr Seiya Ito
Santos Vice President Asia
Pacific Martyn Eames
MEO CEO and Managing
Director Jurgen Hendrich
Australian Petroleum
Production and Exploration
Association Chief Executive
Officer David Byers
GDF SUEZ Bonaparte General
Manager Jean-Francois
Letellier
eni Australia Managing
Director Antonio Baldassarre
Global Energy Strategies
USA President and Managing
Director James Slutz
Tri-Zen International
Singapore Principal Consultant
Tony Regan
Deutsche Bank AG Global
Markets Managing Director,
Senior Energy and Utilities
Research Analyst John Hirjee
Apache Corporation Deputy
Managing Director and Director
of Project Warren Ford
Total E&P Australia Managing
Director Mike Sangster
And more.
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The Hon Paul Henderson MLA, Chief Minister,
Northern Territory Government
Todd Creeger, ConocoPhillips Australia
Business Unit President, ConocoPhillips
Mr Seiya Ito, President Director Australia,
INPEX
Antonio Baldassarre, Managing Director,
eni Australia
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Managing Director, MEO
Tony Regan, Principal Consultant,
Tri-Zen International Singapore
John Hirjee, Managing Director,
Senior Energy and Utilities Research Analyst,
Deutsche Bank AG Global Markets
Jean-Francois Letellier, General Manager,
GDF SUEZ Bonaparte
For full programme visit: www.seaaoc.com
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The Premier International Gas Conference in Australia
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31 October - 2 November 2012
Sydney, Australia
Australia Gas returns to Sydney
Australian government, gas industry players and international investors will return to
Sydney from 31 October – 2 November 2012 for the Australia Gas Conference, co-hosted
by the International Gas Union and the CWC Group with the support of the Australian Gas
Industry Trust.
T
he conference is a timely opportunity
for major stakeholders to come
together and drive Australia’s
emergence as the world’s leading LNG
producer.
The inaugural conference held in 2011
was notable for the number of buyers from
across Asia participating, and included
speeches from Tokyo Gas and the Ministry of
Land and Resources in China. Buyers from
across Asia will prove key to the success of
Australia’s LNG future as sources of gas
from regions such as North America and
East Africa begin to emerge as potential
competitors to the Asia Pacific market.
Recent months have seen a spate
of merger and acquisition activity in
Australian gas projects, and the conference
is set to further uncover future opportunities for international investors.
Torstein Indreb, Secretary General of the
International Gas Union explains “Australia
Gas will focus exclusively on the natural
gas market and the forum will promote
future opportunities within Australia as
well as showcase development in conventional and unconventional projects.”
At a time when the International
Energy Agency hails gas as entering a
“golden age” due to its clean-burning
properties, the conference is set to
provide a valuable platform for Federal
and state governments across Australia
to set out their policies and visions to gas
consumers and project investors from
across the globe.
To find out how you can get involved in the Australia Gas Conference, please
contact Andrew Orr, Business Development Manager at the CWC Group on
0405 056 413 or [email protected]
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Speakers confirmed for Australia Gas
2012 include:
• Federal Minister for Energy,
Resources and Tourism Martin
Ferguson
• New South Wales Minister for
Resources and Energy Chris
Hartcher
• International Gas Union Secretary
General Torstein Indreb
• NWS Australia LNG Vice President
Martin Lambert
Buyers from Asia attending Australia
Gas 2012 include:
• CNPC Director of Strategic
Planning Department Zhu Xingshan
• Petronet LNG MD and CEO
Dr A.K. Balyan
• Guangdong Dapeng LNG Company
Ltd Vice President Commercial
Bo Xue
• Tokyo Gas Chief Representative
Asia Pacific Atsunori Takeuchi.
Unleashing the
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Distinguished Speakers Include
The Hon Minister
The Hon. Minister Chris
Martin Ferguson AM MP
Hartcher MP
Minister for Resources
and Energy
Australia
Minister for Resources & Energy
New South Wales
Government
Martin Lambert
Zhu Xingshan
Senior Vice President
NWS Australia LNG
Director of Strategic
Planning Department
CNPC
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WGC 2012: showcasing the global
gas industry
by Barbara Jinks, Global Business Leader CSG GHD Engineering
Every three years the World Gas Conference, hosted by the International Gas Union, is held
to share findings from the previous research triennium and bring world leaders, executives
and specialists together. The 25th World Gas Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, from 5–9 June 2012, with the theme Gas: Sustaining Future Global Growth.
S
ince 1931 the International Gas
Union (IGU) has promoted the
technical and economic progress
of the gas industry all over the world
and is regarded as the most influential
independent non-profit organisation
serving as spokesman for the global
gas industry.
The conference presented a staggering
collection of ideas, experience and networking and was attended by 5,300 people
from 90 countries, representing over
95 per cent of the global gas market. In
addition over 13,800 people came to the
exhibition to visit 220 exhibiting companies. Walking through the exhibition gave
you a taste of each company’s capabilities
and projects, amongst the largest in the
world, as well as their national customs.
One of the most valuable aspects of the
conference was the chance to meet senior
players in the gas industry, including
representatives from some of the largest
gas operators in the world such as
Petronas, Shell, ExxonMobil, Gazprom,
Chevron, Qatargas, BP, Total, Statoil,
PetroChina and GDF SUEZ, and other
organisations such as the United Nations
Industrial Development Organisation and
national gas associations.
Unique features of the conference included 123 Interactive Expert Showcases which
consisted of posters shown as interactive
touch screens, and the Youth Program,
engaging 250 young people, developed from
a program aimed at 3-30 year-olds devised
by www.itsnotmagicitsscience.com
Additionally, novelties enjoyed by
delegates included Flamenco at the
Spanish Gas Fenosa stand and gymnastics
at the Russian Gazprom stand.
Conference proceedings by 450 speakers
provided key findings of the 70 groups
conducting research on topics covering the
entire gas supply chain – from exploration
and production, transmission via pipelines
and LNG tankers, as well as distribution,
combustion, geopolitics and marketing.
Over 52 senior panellists participated in
strategic panel discussions on current
topics including ‘winning the race for
talent’, ‘magic of the young generation’,
and ‘unconventional gas - game changer
or a global bubble?’.
A highlight was listening to Daniel
Yergin, Chairman, IHS CERA and Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of The Prize and
The Quest, summarise his views of the
gas industry on the last day. He talked
about the unforeseen growth in shale gas
and increasing demand for clean, more
efficient and cost-effective energy to fuel
the demands from economic growth, rising
population and urbanisation, particularly in
emerging and developing economies. But
he also warned of increasing social and
environmental challenges to developing
gas, in particular shale.
Australian representation was significantly
higher than previous conferences with over
100 delegates, nine speakers and three
session chairs, and Australian organisations
such as Woodside and Santos were bronze
sponsors. The opportunity for eight young
Australian professionals to attend the WGC
was provided through scholarships from
the Australian Gas Industry Trust and the
Australian Pipeline Industry Association,
and were also given the opportunity to
visit the Petronas LNG terminal at Bintulu
in Sarawak.
The social side of the conference was
spectacular, with welcome and farewell
ceremonies, parties for thousands of
delegates, and company and consular
events each evening. The Australian High
Commissioner, Miles Kupa, welcomed
Australian delegates one evening at a
function at the Petroleum Club in one of
the Petronas towers.
The Energy Delta Institute conducted
interviews at the conference with a number
of prominent gas leaders, including
Australian delegates. Questions were
asked regarding the three main challenges
and opportunities facing the gas industry
and what the percentage of gas in the
global fuel mix will be in 2020. Results
from these surveys can be viewed at
www.energydelta.org
At the closing ceremony the outgoing
Malaysian President Dr Datuk Abdul Rahim
Hashim handed over to Jerome Ferrier for
the French presidency which will continue
until June 2015, before leading a musical
show by the World Gas Conference 2012
organising team.
Papers can be found at www.igu.org or by contacting Barbara via [email protected]
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Calendar of events
DATE / VENUE
EVENT
website
10–12 September 2012
Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
AGIT Gas Speak
www.agit.org.au
18–20 September 2012
Darwin Convention Centre, NT
SEAAOC 2012
www.seaaoc.com
13–16 October 2012
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, QLD
APIA Convention 2012
www.apia.net.au/events
23–24 October 2012
Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, VIC
Trenchless Live 2012
www.trenchlesslive.com
31 October – 2 November 2012
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Australia Gas
www.cwcaustraliagas.com
12–14 March 2013
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, QLD
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