There are more than 7 major LNG plants in various stages of operation and development
Darwin LNG
QCLNG
APLNG
Gladstone LNG
WoodsideLNG
Wheatstone LNG
Gorgon LNG
Pluto LNG
Each of these projects has a local gas distribution component. Somebody did not include non-linear consumption changes in their 20 year contract agreement with the energy producer.
Wheatstone and Gorgon in the northwest, for example, do have local gas distribution as part of their development, but there is no pipeline nor capacity to distribute more gas to more users.
Unless the new user was:
included in the original development plan
AND
a pipeline can be routed to the user’s facility
AND
there is available gas from the field
AND
there is an ability to update a contract to support the change…
There is no reserve to supply.
Please note, there are literally 1000’s of kms between facility and “users”.
This is why it’s called stranded gas. It may well be MORE economic to buy gas through other means than to build a pipeline through the bush to supply another station user or industrial plant.
Not a video, but an image of your “user” for much of the continent.
