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Reticulate Australia ..... 1/5/2004 1:20:12 AM
Moomba gas plant fire = national gas and water grid
We have the need, we have the resources,
we have the technology ... we just need
the pollies to make it happen !~! Hi folks,
With the Moomba crisis currently taking its
toll, pollies will have renewed pressure on
them to take the national gas and water grid
more seriously ..... Reticulate Australia.
..... it recently took a step closer anyway,
with another gap in the puzzle being filled
for supplies in the Kimberley, by about
5 of the junior oilers.
It will only take one or two of the bigger
players, like Inpex and WPL to commit to
bringing the Browse Basin gas ashore, then
it will only be a short while before the
duplex pipeline will become a reality.
Gas from offshore Kimberley coast to run
in tandem with water from the Ord River
and Officer Basin to link all the capital
cities and reservoirs, in Australia.
We have the need, we have the resources,
we have the technology, we just need
both state and federal governments to
get off their butts and make it happen.
This will be probably the biggest
infrastructure project, since the
Snowy River Project, but it will
have much broader benefits, in that
the energy and fresh water supplies
for Australia will be guaranteed for
centuries ahead.
happy trading to all in 2004
yogi
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How Cubbie Station can retain its water quota ......
Your childrens' survival may well depend on your
support of a plan to secure a clean and RELIABLE
water and energy supply for future generations.
You are invited to join our discussion group for
the advancement of a pipeline network that will
drought-proof Australia and provide cheap
energy nationwide.
Described as the largest infrastructure project,
since the Snowy River Scheme, Reticulate Australia
has the potential to bring into reality the dreams
of forward-thinkers, like Ernie Bridge,
Richard Pratt and C.Y. O'Connor ....
Imagine the benefits to farmers across the nation,
a water supply that never runs dry!!
Broadacre irrigation to ensure a
bumper wheat crop EVERY YEAR!!
Few Australians realise, that although we have
exported this technology to desert countries,
like Libya ... we have done precious little to
drought-proof our own back yard.
Piped water can also help to open up new land
that was previously marginal, due to lack of
regular rainfall.
From the Kimberley, a link to maintain underground
reserves in the Officer Basin and then onto
Kalgoorlie, Perth and the dry interior of the
South-west of Western Australia.
Even without replenishment, the Officer Basin
has the capacity to supply Perth with water
for over 400 years.
Fill the old gold mining pits, regional dams
and lakes to optimum levels to encourage local
industry, leisure and tourism activities.
Another line from the Officer Basin to be
run eastwards, in tandem with a gas pipeline
from Kalgoorlie to the Palm Valley gasfields,
the onwards to Alice Springs and Moomba.
From there, both water and gas can be
distributed in this dual-pipe configuration
to link with established networks and create
new links to critical dams, waterways and
reservoirs at the head of our failing eastern
waterways.
A couple of huge reservoir examples in the
Eastern states is the "Cubbie Station" complex,
in Nor-Western NSW and the ancient lakes
system around Pine Lake in western Victoria,
that are currently bone-dry.
We have the water, we have the technology,
let's get a committment from the pollies to
stand up and lobby for a common-sense approach
to maintaining water and energy, both in
Western Australia and across the nation.
Towing icebergs from Antarctica or an expensive
giant offshore desalination plant is NOT the
answer for Perth. Nor is the desalination of
the Wellington dam.
We already have the water and gas and the
technology, let's secure a water and energy
supply for you children and their children too.
Why are the state and federal governments of
Australia delaying the inevitable?
Get involved, have your say, join this
group.
have a nice day
paul yogi nipperess
P.S. ... This sole issue is set to bring
Australia to its knees, if action
is not taken soon.
Demand your rights for ready access
to our clean and sustainable water
reserves ... for the sake of your
children.
Please pass this email to everybody
on your mailing list ... this issue
affects EVERYBODY in Australia ...!~!
It is appropriate, that as we mark the centenary
of C.Y.O'Connor's death this week that we should
now seriously consider reversing the water flow
... from the Ord River to the Officer Basin, on
to Kalgoorlie, then through to ALL of Perth's
water reservoirs.
C.Y.O'Connor proved it can be done 100 years ago!!
We have the NEED and we have the techonology,
all we NEED now is the political will to make
the South-West corner of W.A. drought-proof.
For too long, the people of Perth have been
held hostage during the summer months, by tight
water restrictions.
Let's not talk about grandiose ideas of towing
icebergs from Antartica or VERY expensive
reverse osmosis of sea water ... these ideas
have been brought forward by the water
corporation and should be rejected, for they
are really revenue-making scams for the state
government.
Instead, let's DEMAND that they utilise both
the resources and technology that we have now
to Reticulate W.A ... and Australia.
If the pipeline from the Ord River Scheme to
the Officer Basin is built simultaneously,
then our water supply will be maintained
with an acceptable level of solids and
salinity.
(There was some scarmongering by the water
corporation about salinity levels in the
Officer Basin ... be assured by somebody
who has lived on the groundwater from that
area ... it is sweet and you can drink it
straight out of the ground, without treatment).
As our dams are stabilised and refilled, then
the aquifers of the Officer Basin can be
replenished by the pipeline from the Ord
River, ensuring an ongoing supply of water in
Perth for our children and the generations
beyond.
All communities in a line from Leinster,
south to Kalgoorlie and west to Perth would
benefit from such a project, as they would
be able to sustain and grow, with their own
local food supplies and businesses reliant
on water.
That also means that the state's population
would be able to grow comfortably, without
the contraints of a lack of water.
Such pipeline projects should also be
considered as part of a national
energy/water grid supplying gas from the
"northern energy arc" and water from the
Ord River and Officer Basin.
This project will become a HOT issue for all
State governments in coming elections, but
especially for the W.A government, since
this will be the source of the energy and
water supplies.
Have your say, copy this message and send it
to the water corporation, the premier and other
relevant government departments.
have a great day
paul yogi nipperess
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Reticulate Australia moves one step ahead .....
Hi folks,
Below are details of the announcement of Phillips on Friday night,
that it will proceed with the gas pipeline into Darwin from the
Timor Sea.
This project will make supporters of the massive "Reticulate
Australia" project very happy ..... their twin pipelines of
gas and water will drought-proof Australia and also provide
a gas network that will link all the major producers.
Water will be provided from the Ord River and Officer Basin
to link up with a parallel gas line from the Browse Basin,
North-west shelf and Kalgoorlie, then east to Palm Valley
and Moomba to link with the current gas grid to the eastern
states.
Gas from the Phillips' project will also be piped to Moomba
or Palm Valley to provide additional capacity.
Water will be used to maintain optimum levels in current
reservoirs and help to take pressure off ground water
supplies.
Reticulate Australia is the largest infrastructure project
in Australia since the Snowy River Scheme, nearly 50 years
ago.
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Timor Sea Pipeline – "its on" December 24, 2001
US-based Phillips Petroleum Inc announced on Friday night that
it will now proceed with a $1.5 billion pipeline to pipe gas
from the Baya-Undan field in the Timor Sea to Darwin. The project
had faltered in July 2001 after Phillips and its partners walked
away from negotiations with the East Timor government over royalties
from the pipeline.
Stephen Brand, president of Phillips Petroleum said in a statement on
Friday night that a tax and fiscal package had been reached: "after a
number of meetings between representatives of East Timor's newly
elected government and Phillips in which the parties developed a
shared vision."
It is believed that the new East Timor administration had tried to
claw back generous investment incentives offered under the original
treaty that shared oil and gas reserves beneath the Timor Sea between
Australia and Indonesia.
However, Phillips said that the new agreement was no more onerous than
the original treaty.
"This agreement meets the Bayu-Undan participants' investment criteria
while at the same time maximizing revenues to East Timor," said
Phillips.
Under the deal, Phillips has agreed to make significant investments in
rebuilding East Timor's infrastructure which was shattered when the
occupying Indonesians left in 1999. It will also support the
development of training programs as well as community health centres.
The first of initiatives will be to improve the airport at Baucau in
East Timor, for use in offshore air support and transportation to the
Bayu-Undan field.
Baucau is the only airport on the island with a runway strong enough
to withstand large commercial aircraft, but it does not have the
facilities to support them.
"We now await ratification of the agreement by Australia so we can
proceed with finalizing gas sales arrangements that will secure
project development."
Approval for the Timor Sea pipeline may put pressure on the proposed
Papua New Guinea-Queensland gas pipeline which is planned to pipe gas
from the highlands of PNG to northern QLD. If a gas pipeline is
extended from Darwin to the gasfields of Moomba in Queensland, then
Timor Sea gas could be sold to customers on Australia's east coast via
existing pipelines.
The Bayu-Undan field contains estimated reserves of 400 million
barrels of condensate and liquefied petroleum gas and 3.4 trillion
cubic feet of natural gas. Phillips is the operator, with a
controlling interest of 58.6% while Santos (STO) has an 11.8% stake.
At 1123 AEST, Santos Limited shares were trading 3c lower at $6.14.
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