Western Gas advancing Equus project offshore Western Australia
Dec. 20, 2022
Western Gas has signed agreements with the North West Shelf Project participants and Pluto LNG to process up to 3 MMt per year of gas from its Equus development.
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The Equus gas project is development ready, with exploration and appraisal already completed and engineering activities at an advanced stage, according to Western Gas.
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WEST PERTH, Australia—Western Gas has signed non-binding agreements with the North West Shelf (NWS) Project participants and Pluto LNG to process up to 3 MMt per year of gas from its 2-Tcf Equus development project offshore Western Australia.
The agreements would allow Western Gas to use in-place infrastructure to backfill existing LNG plants for exports and to supply domestic markets.
Equus gas will be supplied via an FPSO and a new 200-km offshore pipeline connecting the Equus fields to the offshore Pluto A platform, then transported onshore via the existing Pluto trunkline to the Pluto LNG complex and via Woodside Energy’s Pluto to KGP Interconnector to the Karratha Gas Plant.
Western Gas aims to market 2-3 MMt per year of LNG to international buyers from 2027 onward.
The company added it has the support of the Western Australia government for the Equus development and LNG export subject to the application of the Western Australia's 15% Domestic Gas Policy.
Western Gas, the NWS Project participants and Pluto LNG now plan joint technical studies on the integration and optimization of Equus into the existing infrastructure and to complete binding commercial arrangements for transportation and processing.
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The illustration depicts Equus gas to North West Shelf and Pluto LNG plants. The Equus Gas Project is development-ready with more than $1.8 billion invested since 2007 in exploration, appraisal and engineering studies.
They will also identify greenhouse gas and emission reduction opportunities in relation to the upstream and downstream activities. Western Gas is targeting final investment decision on the project in 2024 and first gas in 2027, subject to successful commercial negotiations, joint venture approvals and regulatory approvals.
