The 600 km Arrow Bowen Pipeline will transfer coal seam gas from a point 80 km north of Moranbah, between Middlemount and Maryborough, to the LNG facilities on the Gladstone coast.
Arrow Chief Executive Andrew Faulkner said “The initial advice statement outlines a preferred route [for the pipeline] based on minimising impacts on the environment, on landholder activities and on communities in the area.”
“It also refers to the expected economic benefits to Queensland from a major project of this size,” Mr Faulkner said.
Mr Faulkner added that the company has already begun discussions with the majority of landholders along the preferred pipeline route to better understand their needs, and to work together on finalising the route.
“We will also be discussing the pipeline with the coal companies along the route in the Bowen Basin,” Mr Faulkner said.
Arrow will now begin more detailed environmental, social and economic impact studies on the proposed pipeline. The company has said that at the peak of construction, approximately 650 people will be working on the pipeline.
Arrow aims to submit an environmental impact statement for the pipeline to the Queensland Government in late 2011 or early 2012. The diameter and capacity of the pipeline, as well as a timeline for selecting its contractors and suppliers, is yet to be finalised.
Arrow already has a licence to build the Arrow Surat Pipeline – formerly known as the Surat-Gladstone Pipeline and the Surat-Gas Pipeline Header – which will pipe gas from Kogan North to Curtis Island.
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