Dampier-Bunbury-Gaspipeline

The Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) is one of the longest and largest capacity natural gas pipelines in Australia. It extends almost 1600km from the Pilbara region to the south west of Western Australia, supplying natural gas to industrial, commercial and residential customers in Perth and major regional centres along the pipeline route.

Ownership

Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) is the trading name of the DBNGP group of companies, ultimately owned by the consortium that purchased the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline in October 2004. DBP is ultimately 60% owned by DUET - Diversified Utilities and Energy Trusts - with Alcoa and Alinta each owning ultimately 20%.

The DBP Executive team is responsible to the owners for the performance of the business. It performs a full range of corporate and regulatory services and commercial and strategic functions in respect to the DBNGP, including business and asset management plan review, managing the financing arrangements for the business, negotiating and managing the contractual relationships with shippers and managing the business' regulatory and risk management issues.

History and throughput

Commissioned in 1984 with the extension south to Bunbury commissioned in 1985. The DBNGP is the only natural gas pipeline connecting the Carnarvon and Browse Basins on Western Australia's North-west Shelf with industrial, commercial and residential customers in Perth and the surrounding region. The pipeline runs from the Burrup Peninsula, near Dampier, to Bunbury in the south-west of the State. 1,596km long gas transmission main pipeline and 258 km of lateral pipeline. Current capacity of the pipeline is 632 TJ/day. Following Stage 4 expansion the maximum capacity will be 735 TJ/day.