Eastern Gas Pipeline

Asset Overview

The Eastern Gas Pipeline or EGP transports natural gas from the Gippsland Basin in Victoria to markets in Sydney and regional centres (including Wollongong and Canberra) along the route. Gas enters the pipeline at the Longford Compressor Station (which primarily sources gas from the Esso/BHP Billiton gas processing plant at Longford), the gas plant site at Orbost and through the VicHub Interconnect Facility discussed in section 4.11.

The pipeline, which includes the Longford Compressor Station, was commissioned in 2000.  The EGP is 797 kilometres long and connects to the NSW Gas Network, the ActewAGL gas network and two gas-fired power stations. The EGP is well placed to accommodate additional gas fired generators within the current expansion and possible future expansion projects.