The Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Utilisation Project was assessed as a major project under the Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in December 2008 and comprises the following components:
- construction and operation of gas gathering systems at Bibblewindi and Bohena pilots;
- construction and operation of gas compression facilities at Bibblewindi and Bohena pilots;
- 32 kilometres (km) of buried gas flow lines connecting to the Wilga Park gas fired power station;
- staged expansion and operation of the Wilga Park power station from a capacity of 12 to 40 MW fuelled by gas from the Bibblewindi and Bohena pilots.
The works which have been undertaken under the approval to date include:
- construction of the gas gathering systems at the Bibblewindi and Bohena coal seam gas (CSG) Pilots;
- construction of the gas compression facilities for the Bibblewindi and Bohena CSG Pilots;
- construction of the 32 km buried gas flow line between the Bibblewindi and Bohena pilots and the Wilga Park Power Station;
- installation of four 3 MW gas generators at Wilga Park Power Station together with a switch room, gas conditioning skid, auxiliary transformers, ventilation fans, substation upgrade and other related equipment;
- removal of eight of the original twelve 1 MW gas generators;
- installation of an additional two 3 MW gas generators at the Wilga Park Power Station;
- installation of a slug catcher at Wilga Park Power Station on the 32 km buried gas flow line; and
- installation of a 1 MW gas generator.
Project Approvals
Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 238
PEL 238 Grant Instrument PEL 238 Instrument of Variation – January 2023
PEL 238 Instrument of Variation – August 2023
Petroleum Assessment Lease (PAL) 2
PAL 2 Grant Instrument PAL 2 Instrument of Variation – December 2022
PAL 2 Instrument of Variation – August 2023
Petroleum Production Licence (PPL) 3
PPL 3 Grant Instrument PPL 3 Instrument of Variation
Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Utilisation Project (MP07_0023) Construction Environmental Management Plan – Notice of Modification – Approval Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Utilisation Project (MP07_0023) – Consolidated Approval October 2019
Management Plans
Wilga Park Traffic Management Plan
Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Utilisation Project (MP07_0023) Construction Environmental Management Plan
Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Utilisation Project (MP07_0023) Operational Environmental Management Plan_Rev 8
Reporting
2009 Hazard Audit Report
2009 Hazard Audit Report Approval
2012 Hazard Audit Report
2012 Hazard Audit Report Approval
2019 Hazard Audit Report
2019 Hazard Audit Report Approval
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Reports 2008 – 2013
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2014
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2015
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2016
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2017
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2018
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2019
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2020
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2021
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2022
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2023
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Environmental Management Report – 2024
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (January 2019)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (August 2019)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (September 2020)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (February 2021)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (February 2022)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (February 2023)
Wilga Park Power Station Compliance Noise Monitoring Report (March 2024)
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2020
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2019
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2020
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report October 2020
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2021
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2022
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2023
Wilga Park Power Station Annual Emissions Testing Report 2024