Moomba Compression Project
APA GROUP | South Australia
Overview
The Moomba Compression Project involved the design and installation of a new compressor station and pressure reduction station in Moomba, South Australia.
The facility provides the capability to ship Eastern Haul Gas through the South-West Queensland Pipeline (SWQP), transforming this pipeline into a bi-directional gas transmission facility that connects various Queensland, South Australian and New South Wales pipeline assets and will be capable of delivering 360TJ/day of high pressure gas into the SWQP network.
In addition to the compressor station, the project involved upgrades to tie-in the existing Moomba Pressure Reduction Station (including the addition of two new 2MW gas heaters) and a new 1km pipeline to deliver gas from the Moomba Gas Plant to the compression / pressure reduction station site.
Project facts
SCOPE
- 3x Solar Turbines Mars 90 Compressor packages
- Adjacent Pressure Reduction Station
- Brownfield tie-in and upgrade work
CLIENT
- APA Group (formerly EPIC Energy)
LOCATION
- Moomba Gas Plant, South Australia
DATES
- 2012 to 2014
ROLES & SERVICES
- Concept development
- Front-End Engineering Management
- Engineering Management
- Scheduling
- Budgeting and Estimating
- Package Management
- Project Engineering
- Construction Management
- Full service commissioning management
- Training
- Handover to Operations
KEY CHALLENGES
- Remote location
- Challenging desert environment
- Integration with complex gas plant
- Stakeholder Management
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
- Project completed on time and on budget
- Performance testing successfully completed
- Facility has become a critical component of Australia’s east coast gas network – connecting the major gas production centres with the gas consumers and LNG exporters on the east coast
