Overview
In September 2013, AGIG partnered with Chevron to develop, build and operate the Wheatstone Ashburton West Pipeline (WAWP), a 109km, 16-inch pipeline consisting of the Wheatstone Lateral and Ashburton West Loop, alongside the refurbished 87km, 10-inch Ashburton West Lateral.
Key works included:
- Upgrading the existing 10-inch pipeline from Ashburton West to DBNGP Compressor Station 2
- Building an adjacent 87km, 16-inch loop pipeline
- Constructing a 22km, 16-inch connection to Wheatstone
Backed by a 30-year take-or-pay contract, the project offers 337 TJ/day capacity with future expansion to 600 TJ/day.
Yearly Information
- A project in Amerland in the Netherlands blends up to 20% hydrogen into their natural gas network for use by domestic consumers.
- In the Klanxbüll/Neukirchen region of Germany, gas customers were supplied with a natural gas blend containing up to 10% volume hydrogen.
- The GRHYD project in France involves blending up to 20% hydrogen into natural gas network to deliver to domestic customers and a hospital.
- In the UK, the HyDeploy project blends 20% hydrogen to two project areas. The UK are also undertaking studies on the full conversion of gas networks to 100% hydrogen.
- The Tokyo Olympics were the ‘Green Olympics’ and will rely on hydrogen to power vehicles and to the Olympic Torch.
- Several countries such as Japan and South Korea have hydrogen strategies outlining hydrogen use in sectors such as transport, power generation and businesses and homes
- South Korea plans to establish three hydrogen cities by 2022 that will use hydrogen for the city’s cooling, heating, transport and electricity supply, and wants 10% of cities by 2030 and 30% by 2040 to follow this model.
Practical completion
AGIG achieved practical completion of the Wheatstone Ashburton West Pipeline in December 2014, with domestic gas deliveries from the Wheatstone plant commencing in 2019.
