Australia: Arrow Expands Its Bowen Gas Project

Arrow Energy has welcomed the State Government’s release of the draft terms of reference (TOR) to guide development of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Arrow’s planned Bowen Basin coal seam gas expansion.

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) has issued the draft TOR for the Bowen Gas Project to inform environmental studies on the project.

The Bowen Gas Project is one of two upstream coal seam gas developments which form part of the Arrow liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

The EIS will outline the project’s scope, potential impacts and mitigations, and involves extensive consultation with communities, government and industry stakeholders.

Arrow Energy CEO Andrew Faulkner said the Bowen Gas Project would involve a staged development of up to 7000 gas wells over the next 40 years, each with a lifespan of between 15 and 20 years.

“The Bowen Gas Project will help meet the growing demand for gas overseas. It will complement our Moranbah Gas Project which continues to supply both the Moranbah and Townsville power stations and mineral refining facilities in north Queensland,” Mr Faulkner said.

“This expansion would be in an area from 30km north of Glenden to 10km south of Blackwater, and include pipelines, gas processing, power generation, water treatment and storage.

“The Arrow LNG project will extract and transport coal seam gas from Queensland’s Bowen and Surat basins to be liquefied at our LNG Plant at Curtis Island, off Gladstone.

“7000 is the upper limit of wells that would be drilled over four decades, but it may well be less. We’re planning a gradual ramp up in subdivided regions with a phased approach to development.

“It’s expected field development and associated infrastructure work would start in 2015 and be commissioned in 2017.”

Public submissions about the draft EIS Terms of Reference should be made to DEHP from today until Tuesday, August 14, 2012.

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LNG World News Staff, July 03, 2012