Ann: Petroleum Production Licence issued, page-71

LEIGH Creek Energy has received two key approvals for its proposed $2.6 billion gas and urea project in the state’s Far North.

The company has been granted a Petroleum Production Licence and an Associated Activities Licence, which the company says “acknowledges that the (project) is likely to commence commercial syngas production within 24 months’’.

The project still needs to produce an Environmental Impact Report and Statement of Environmental Objectives for its upstream syngas production facilities.

“The project will be the only fully-integrated urea production facility in Australia, with an on-site power plant with up to 100MW capacity and nameplate 1 million tonne per annum urea plant, with potential to increase to two million tonnes per annum.

“The granting of the PPL by the South Australian Government allows us to proceed with certainty towards monetising the large gas reserves of the LCEP and providing long-term economic development opportunities to communities of the Upper Spencer Gulf, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia and Australia.’’