Metals International Limited has delivered 755MT of 1067x21mm API 5L X70 PSL 2 Induction Bends with different angles sucessfully to QGC Pipeline Pty Ltd with satisfactory completion by March 17th,2011, which is the integral part of 207,000 tons of high grade X70 steel line pipe, 340km long, to the QCLNG Project in Australia, a priority development by QGC Pty Limited under BG Group business.
QGC representative and TGRC performed full-time inspection for this Project with satifactory results.
The successful order lay a solid foundation for entering into long-term and further cooperation between Metals International and the company.
Legend:
QGC, a BG Group business, is a leading Australian coal seam gas explorer and producer, focused on supplying cleaner hydrocarbon energy to growing domestic and international markets.
The team at QGC was among the first to recognise the enormous potential of coal seam gas in Australia. We recognised the role that coal seam gas will play in supplying the domestic market and the growing global LNG market in response to demand for cleaner energy sources.
Today, we are establishing one of Australia’s largest capital infrastructure projects to turn world-class reserves of coal seam gas in the Surat and Bowen basins in Queensland, into liquefied natural gas (LNG) – a carbon efficient fuel.
Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG), a priority project for QGC, involves expanding exploration and development in southern and central Queensland and transporting gas via a 540km buried pipeline to Curtis Island near Gladstone, where it will be liquefied.
In 2009, QGC produced approximately 20% of Queensland’s natural gas. QGC has agreements in place to supply China, Chile and Singapore.
The project draws on QGC’s extensive coal seam gas expertise and BG Group’s international experience in liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a time of rising demand for cleaner, more efficient energy.
Importantly, QCLNG is also helping to address climate change by allowing natural gas, which has the lowest carbon emissions of all fossil fuels, to be transported economically around the world.
QCLNG involves dozens of communities, hundreds of businesses and thousands of people drawn from throughout the state, the rest of Australia and internationally. Our plans for this major, integrated project, involve:
1.Expanding QGC’s existing coal seam gas production in the Surat Basin of southern Queensland
2.Building a 540km buried natural gas pipeline network linking the gas fields to Gladstone
3.Constructing a natural gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone, where the gas will be converted to LNG for export
The project’s first stage will comprise two processing units, known as LNG trains, at the Curtis Island plant. These trains, which have a design life of at least 20 years, will produce a combined 8.5 million tonnes of LNG a year.
The site can accommodate an expansion to 12 million tonnes of LNG a year, subject to demand. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010, with the first LNG delivery expected in 2014.
The proposed LNG plant will occupy less than 1% of Curtis Island and will be separated from public areas by an environmental protection zone.
