Pilliga gas power station will light up 23,000 homes

Pictured above: Wilga Park power station workers Terry Coker and James Duncan. Photo: Josh Smith

The Wilga Park power station in the Pilliga will be able to power the equivalent of 6000 more households thanks to a new flowline connecting nearby Santos natural gas appraisal wells near Narrabri.

The new flowline from the Dewhurst South natural gas wells means Santos can beneficially use the gas for electricity generation, eliminating wasteful flaring and reducing emissions, Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Kevin Gallagher said. “This gas supply will enable Santos to increase the generating capacity of the Wilga Park power station from 12MW to 16MW.

“Narrabri natural gas already supplies Wilga Park to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 17,500 households in northwest NSW and that will now increase to about 23,000 households.

“Santos has further plans to connect natural gas appraisal wells from another field, which could see Wilga Park power the equivalent of about 32,000 households with reliable electricity generated from clean natural gas.”