Tag: Pipelines
Abbot rejects pipeline plan
Sunshine Coast Mayor Bob Abbot says he believes stage two of the northern interconnector pipeline is unnecessary.[MORE]
Planning in the pipeline for power project
A feasibility study is being conducted into building gas and water pipelines from the Surat Basin to power stations in the South Burnett in southern Queensland.[MORE]
Pipeline may boost house prices
A property valuation firm says the opening of the Wivenhoe water pipeline could be the catalyst for a rise in house prices in Toowoomba.[MORE]
200km pipeline to link phosphate mine
Phosphate Australia say the Highland Plains mine on the border of Queensland and the Northern Territory is well on the way to completion.[MORE]
Toowoomba closer to recycled drinking water
Four years after Toowoomba residents won a battle over the introduction of recycled sewage in their water supply, today a pipeline which will pump purified wastewater into the town's system was opened.[MORE]
Gas pipeline delay doesn't deter developer
The developer of the Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline says it is still confident of building its $700 million project, even though construction has been delayed by at least a year.[MORE]
Zinc spill slows production
Australia's largest zinc mine says there has been a drop in production because of a zinc spill from a failed pipeline.[MORE]
Gas transport talks in the pipeline
The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) will discuss the future of gas transportation during its national convention in Cairns this week.[MORE]
Wimmera-Mallee pipe laying to resume
Pipes will start going in the ground again for the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline in the next few days.[MORE]
Contentious pipeline completed ahead of schedule
Major works have been completed on Victoria's contentious north-south pipeline.[MORE]
Opposition hopes to block north-south pipeline plan
The Victorian Opposition hopes to use its numbers in the Upper House to stop the State Government pumping water to Melbourne through the north-south pipeline.[MORE]
LMW stands by irrigation channel lining
Lower Murray Water (LMW) is defending its decision to line irrigation channels in Sunraysia with plastic, instead of installing pipes.[MORE]
June start for Goulburn pipeline
A $54 million pipeline project to secure Goulburn's water supply could be completed in the next two years.[MORE]
Green award for Wimmera-Mallee pipeline
The Wimmera-Mallee pipeline project has won an environmental sustainability award.[MORE]
Gladstone pipeline corridor gets Govt boost
A new pipeline corridor to service Gladstone industry has been given a boost by the Queensland Government.[MORE]
Stone demands 'leaking' superpipe review
Federal MP Sharman Stone says Bendigo's main superpipe is leaking and not working effectively. [MORE]
$500m cross-border gas pipeline mooted
A $500 million pipeline is being proposed to provide gas from Queensland to New South Wales via western NSW.[MORE]
Bathurst shelves water pipeline plans
Plans to build a multi-million dollar water pipeline in Bathurst have been shelved.[MORE]
Senate to discuss north-south pipeline
The north-south pipeline will be discussed at a Senate hearing in Shepparton today. [MORE]
Water pipeline bolsters Brisbane Valley coffers
The Toowoomba water pipeline project in southern Queensland is providing a welcome boost for businesses in the Brisbane Valley.[MORE]
Ukraine gas supplies under threat again
A Russian newspaper is reporting that the country's energy giant, Gazprom, is again threatening to cut gas supplies to Ukraine.[MORE]
North-South Pipeline construction resumes
Work on the controversial North-South Pipeline is resuming this week, after the bushfires halted construction.[MORE]
Quamby water soon to flow
After months of delays, work has begun on the Quamby pipeline which will supply sorely-needed irrigation water to dozens of farms near Deloraine in northern Tasmania.[MORE]
Pipeline opponent questions irrigators election result
A north-south pipeline opponent says the re-election of the chairman of the Northern Victorian Irrigators (NVI) group was flawed.[MORE]
Coulton to fight for Barraba water rights
Mark Coulton, the new federal shadow parliamentary secretary for water resources and conservation, says Barraba should have had a pipeline from Split Rock Dam for a long time. [MORE]
