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DBP to piggyback on Burrup gas pipe



By Upstream staff 

Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) said it had signed a conditional deal to lease capacity in Epic Energy’s Burrup Extension Pipeline, deferring the need to expand its own natural gas pipeline on the ecologically and culturally sensitive Burrup Peninsula.

The 23-kilometre Burrup Extension, part of Epic’s Pilbara Pipeline System in Western Australia, brings gas into the domestic gas network from the North West Shelf Venture’s onshore plant on the peninsula.

The peninsula is the site of traditional painting and engraving sites considered significant by Aboriginal people of the area. About 200 pieces of rock art are to be moved from their original sites under a deal to allow Woodside Petroleum to develop the NWSV gas plant.

DBP said it expected to have rights to a share of the capacity in the extension for 60 years. It said the deal would reduce its impact on the area and would cut costs on its proposed Stage 5B development project.


Friday, 16 May, 2008, 01:41 GMT  | last updated: Friday, 16 May, 2008, 01:41 GMT

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