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Phase 6 works begin at Origin’s Spring Gully CSG development

The next phase includes the continuation of civil works at the Taloona and Strathblane gas plants and the delivery of three new compressors to the plant sites.

Origin intends to drill a further 31 wells, and plans to build the Gooimbah lateral, which has been designed to increase the overall Spring Gully project’s capacity to 180 terajoules per day (TJ/d), after well productivity during the fifth phase exceeded targeted expectations of 150 TJ/d.

The Spring Gully CSG development also includes plans to construct a gas pipeline lateral connecting to the proposed Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Pipeline.

The APLNG Project includes the construction of a 450 kilometre gas transmission pipeline from the Surat and Bowen basins to a proposed LNG processing site located at Laird Point on Curtis Island, Gladstone.

APLNG is a joint venture between Origin and ConocoPhillips, and includes a plan to develop a four train CSG to LNG project utilising Origin’s Queensland CSG reserves and resources. Origin will act as the upstream CSG operator and ConocoPhillips will be the downstream LNG operator, with the joint venture company to market the LNG.

Meanwhile, Origin said that final commissioning and ramp-up of production from the Kupe Gas Field Development, located in the Taranaki Basin, offshore New Zealand, is continuing through the March 2010 quarter. A capacity test has successfully achieved 70 TJ/d.

Over the next 15-20 years, Kupe is expected to provide approximately 254 petajoules of natural gas, 1.1 million tonnes per annum of LPG and 14.7 million barrels of light crude. Joint venture participants in the project include Origin as operator, Genesis Energy, New Zealand Oil & Gas and Mitsui E&P Australia.

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