The move marks a step ahead in the company’s initial shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Gladstone Harbour in 2015.
Approximately 40 million cubic metres per day of natural gas can be transported through the pipeline from Santos GLNG’s gas fields to its gas liquefaction plant on Curtis Island, off Gladstone.
The gas will then be cooled and shipped to customers as LNG.
Santos downstream GLNG vice-president Rod Duke said: "Commissioning of our pipeline is an important milestone, not only for our business, but the Queensland LNG industry as a whole.
"Commissioning of our pipeline is an important milestone, not only for our business, but the Queensland LNG industry as a whole."
"We’re leading the way in building a new and exciting industry for Queensland, which is already delivering and will continue to deliver significant economic benefits for our state for many years to come."
The pipeline was developed by Saipem Australia for Santos GLNG, which is a joint-venture (JV) between Santos, Petronas, Total and KOGAS.
Work in Santos GLNG’s gas fields throughout the Bowen and Surat Basins and construction of the LNG plant at Curtis Island is continuing towards first LNG in 2015.
