BG began a divestment process about halfway through the year of the 540-kilometre gas pipeline network that links its coalbed methane gas fields to its LNG facility on Curtis Island.

APA said it plans to raise A$1.84 billion ($1.52 billion) through a share offering to partly fund the purchase, while the balance would be provided from a bridging facility.

The purchaser, one of several bidders for the assets, already has a network of gas pipelines in the Queensland area.

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