Spiecapag Lucas has mobilised to commence works on loop 9 from Wallendbeen to Young, as part of APA Group’s Victoria–New South Wales Interconnect Expansion.
An APA Group spokesperson told The Australian Pipeliner that clear and grade works have commenced.
Spiecapag Lucas has also mobilised a poorboy crew to commence construction works within the Chiltern Box Forrest section of loop 7 in Victoria.
All pipe for the project has now been delivered to Victoria.
The looping follows APA Group signing a gas transportation agreement to expand capacity of the Victoria – New South Wales Interconnect in July 2015.
The multi-services agreement provides for the delivery of gas sourced from Victoria to the eastern Australian gas market for a term of seven years.
The project will require looping on both the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline and the Victorian Transmission System, with the total cost of the expansion expected to be approximately AU$85 million.
Construction is expected to be completed by the middle of 2016.
