Transport in Australia - Pipelines

Pipelines

There are several pipeline systems including:

• Crude oil: 2,500 km
• Petroleum products: 500 km
• Natural gas: 5,600 km
• Water
  • Perth to Kalgoorlie - Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
  • Morgan on the Murray River to Adelaide, Whyalla, Port Lincoln
  • Waranga Western Channel, near Colbinabbin to Bendigo and Ballarat - Goldfields Superpipe

Projects under construction or planned:
Victoria

• Goulburn River to Sugarloaf Reservoir, Melbourne (North-South Pipeline, alternatively called the Sugarloaf Pipeline) - was connected to Melbourne in February 2010.
• Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline - construction commenced in November 2006 and was completed in April 2010.
• Melbourne to Geelong Pipeline - construction was completed in March 2012.
• Rocklands Reservoir to Grampian Headworks Pipeline (Hamilton - Grampians Pipeline) - construction commenced December 2008, expected completion in 2010.