Gorgon LNG
Owners
Conventional gas
Estimated cost Location Capacity Key gas discovered Decision to Scheduled build to open Pipeline length* Source of gas
Gorgon and other fields off northwest Australia
Website
http://www.chevronaustral ia.com/ourbusinesses/gorg on.aspx * Longest of several pipelines
Chevron (operator), Shell, ExxonMobil, $52 billion Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas Chubu Electric
15 million metric tons Barrow Island, per year (about 730 off northwest 1981, 2000 billion cubic feet a Australia year)
2009
2015
112 miles
Ichthys LNG
Owners
INPEX (operator), Total
Estimated cost
$34 billion
Location
Darwin, Northern Territory
Capacity
Pipeline length
552 miles
Source of gas
Ichthys field off northwest Australia
Website
http://www.inpex.com.au/ projects/ichthysproject.aspx
8.4 million metric tons per year (about 1980, 2000 410 billion cubic feet a year)
Prelude LNG
Owners
Shell, also Kogas of South Korea is buying into project
Estimated cost
$10 billionplus
Location
Offshore northwest Australia
Capacity
Pipeline length
N/A
Source of gas
Prelude and other fields off northwest Australia
Website
http://www.shell.com/hom e/content/aboutshell/our_s trategy/major_projects_2/ prelude_flng/
3.6 million metric tons per year (about 2007 175 billion cubic feet a year)
Wheatstone LNG
Owners
Chevron, Apache, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration, Shell, Kyushu Electric
Estimated cost
$29 billion
Location
Onslow, Western Australia
Capacity
Pipeline length
140 miles
Source of gas
Website
8.9 million metric tons per year (about 2004 430 billion cubic feet a year)
Wheatstone and http://www.chevronaustral other fields off ia.com/ourbusinesses/whe northwest atstone.aspx Australia
Source: Office of the Federal Coordinator research, July 2012 - Updated December 2012
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Coal-bed gas
Estimated cost
$20 billion
Location
Gladstone, Queensland
Capacity
8.5 million metric tons per year (about N/A 415 billion cubic feet a year)
Pipeline length
N/A
Source of gas
Coal-bed methane
Website
http://www.aplng.com.au/
Gladstone LNG
Owners
Santos (operator), Petronas, Total, Kogas
Estimated cost
$18.5 billion
Location
Gladstone, Queensland
Capacity
Pipeline length
N/A
Source of gas
Coal-bed methane
Website
http://www.glng.com.au/
7.8 million metric tons per year (about N/A 380 billion cubic feet a year)
Estimated cost
$20.4 billion
Location
Gladstone, Queensland
Capacity
Pipeline length
N/A
Source of gas
Coal-bed methane
Website
http://www.qgc.com.au/
8.5 million metric tons per year (about N/A 415 billion cubic feet a year)
Source: Office of the Federal Coordinator research, July 2012 - Updated December 2012
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