APA to buy Orbost gas plant from Cooper

APA Group will acquire the Orbost gas plant in Victoria from Cooper Energy and upgrade its at a cost of $250 million.

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Published 27 February 2017 9:24am

Source: AAP

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Gas pipeline major APA Group has signed an initial agreement with Cooper Energy to acquire and upgrade the Orbost gas processing plant in Victoria's Gippsland region.

APA will acquire the plant from Cooper at cost and then fund capital expenditure for its expansion and upgrade, expected to be $250 million.

The deal will leave Cooper free to develop the offshore Sole gas field, and the two companies will sign a gas processing agreement for supply of that gas to the Orbost plant.

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