How long is Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline?

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is 57 km long.

How much gas can Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline carry?

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline has a design capacity of 0.95 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.

Is Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline operating?

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is operating, having started in 1984.

Who owns Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline?

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is owned by Hamill Resources Ltd, Mitsui & Co. and Rio Tinto Group, as recorded in the current tracker release.

Does Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline passes within 25 km of 2 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline, Australia

Route

Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline runs from Western Australia to Western Australia. The map draws the tracked route and any LNG terminal within 25 km of it.

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From: Western Australia
To: Western Australia
Start country: Australia
End country: Australia
Countries crossed: Australia
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Not reported
Route drawn on map: 53 km
GEM pipeline ID: P1165
Start year: 1984
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Segments

Each row is one row of GEM's pipeline file. Project-level figures repeated on every segment are counted once in the totals above.

Segment	Status	From → to	Length	Capacity	Diameter	Start	Route from
Whole pipeline	Operating	Western Australia → Western Australia	57	0.95	—	1984	GEM's route file

Connected LNG terminals

Terminals whose coordinates fall within 25 km of this route, or whose name matches the pipeline. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Terminal	Country	Import / export	Status	Distance	Matched by
Pluto LNG Terminal	Australia	Export	Operating	7.9 km	route proximity
North West Shelf LNG Terminal	Australia	Export	Operating	10.3 km	route proximity

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.

Owners

In the news

Recent headlines that name Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

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Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where does Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline run?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline runs from Western Australia to Western Australia, crossing Australia.
How long is Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is 57 km long.
How much gas can Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline carry?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline has a design capacity of 0.95 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
Is Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline operating?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is operating, having started in 1984.
Who owns Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline is owned by Hamill Resources Ltd, Mitsui & Co. and Rio Tinto Group, as recorded in the current tracker release.
Does Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?: Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline passes within 25 km of 2 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

More gas pipelines in Australia

Listed in name order among the 148 pipelines tracked in Australia, so projects with the same name sit together. A browse aid, not a claim that they are alike.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG against pipeline gas
A pipeline delivers gas at lower cost than LNG over land up to roughly two to four thousand kilometres, beyond which liquefaction wins, and across any significant body of deep water LNG usually wins at any distance.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline, Australia. https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/karratha-to-cape-lambert-pipeline-au/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlaspipelinekarrathatocapelambertpipelineau2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline, Australia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/karratha-to-cape-lambert-pipeline-au/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}