Initial involvement included licensing, route selection and cultural heritage support to ERM, which was led by Rosemary Fredriksen with support from the OSD team. Throughout 2005, OSD provided engineering design and construction support to Leighton, led by Chris Hughes.

The BLCP is unique because it is designed to store gas during non-peak electricity times and then to reliably flow gas to the power station during peak electricity usage. This resulted in non-standard hydraulic flow design, which is usually based on inflow equals outflow. Other design issues on this pipeline included parallel road easements, robust discussions on cased or uncased road crossings, and remote location third-party interference management.

In July 2005 OSD commenced talks on the possibility of a role in operation of the pipeline. Led by Ms Fredriksen, OSD has worked since then on developing a culture, philosophy, and process to transform OSD Energy Services from an engineering design consultancy to a whole-of-life, conception-to-operation pipeline service company.

OSD spent January and February 2006 bringing together a small, experienced and dedicated team which will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and integrity of the pipeline. The result is the formation of a new entity named OSD Asset Management (OSDAM), which operates independently within the OSD group of companies as an independent asset manager and operator. OSDAM has been engaged by Braemar Power Project as the operator of the Braemar Linepack Connection.