Territory Energy Link is a Northern Territory Government initiative to plan and manage a long-term infrastructure corridor between Elliott and Darwin.
The corridor is being developed to support gas, energy, water and digital infrastructure needed to unlock economic opportunities across the Territory, including development of the Beetaloo Sub-basin and the Middle Arm Precinct.
The Northern Territory Government is responsible for planning, securing and managing the corridor. Individual pipelines, cables or utilities will be delivered by project proponents using the corridor under separate approvals.
Territory Energy Link was formerly known as the Tennant Creek to Darwin Infrastructure Corridor. It has evolved into a multi-user, multi-asset corridor designed to enable a range of future infrastructure projects, rather than a single pipeline.
The Northern Territory Government plans to develop an appropriate commercial model and public governance model for the ownership and management of Territory Energy Link. It is a priority of the Northern Territory Government to collaborate with industry to ensure proponents have fair and reasonable access to Territory Energy Link.
For more information, download the project fact sheet PDF (3.1 MB).
Territory Energy Link preliminary alignment map
Disclaimer: this map is for illustrative purposes only. The corridor alignment and planning area is subject to further detailed technical investigations and consultation.
The proposed Territory Energy Link will:
- Support the Territory’s long-term energy security by providing a planned pathway for gas and future energy infrastructure to connect supply with processing and export facilities.
- Enable industry and investment, with a focus on development in the Beetaloo Sub-basin and associated industries.
- Provide certainty for landowners and communities by identifying a single, managed corridor instead of multiple uncoordinated infrastructure routes.
- Reduce environmental and land impacts by co-locating infrastructure within a shared corridor.
- Support regional development and digital connectivity by enabling future water, fibre and utility services to be delivered alongside energy infrastructure.
- Provide future energy security for the Territory, Australia and the region.
- Deliver sustained revenue for the Northern Territory Government through maximising opportunities generated by Territory Energy Link.
Territory Energy Link is currently in the feasibility phase. This includes:
- technical studies to confirm the corridor is constructable
- mapping of environmental, cultural and infrastructure constraints
- land tenure and access planning
- engagement with landowners, Traditional Owners, councils and key stakeholders.
This work is building the information needed to define a corridor that is:
- technically feasible
- culturally and environmentally responsible
- suitable for long-term multi-user infrastructure.
These activities are informing the refinement of the corridor alignment and the governance framework that will allow Territory Energy Link to operate as a multi-user infrastructure corridor into the future.
The Territory Energy Link project stages:
The proposed Territory Energy Link corridor extends approximately 670 kilometres from near Elliott to Middle Arm Precinct in Darwin. A 530m wide study area has been identified through the prefeasibility stage and assessed using a multi-criteria analysis of more than 30 spatial datasets, including hydrology, topography, soils, land tenure, sacred sites, biodiversity, existing utilities and transport corridors. This analysis is being used to progressively refine the corridor alignment.
The 530m study area provides flexibility to shift the alignment to avoid or minimise impacts on environmental values, sacred sites, pastoral operations, floodplains, roads and existing infrastructure. The final corridor is expected to be approximately 130m wide, subject to confirmation through further technical studies, environmental assessment and consultation. This width reflects the space needed to safely co-locate multiple pipelines, utilities and access infrastructure within a single, managed corridor.
As part of the planning process, the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure is engaging with landowners, land occupiers, Traditional Owners, councils, industry and other stakeholders about the proposed Territory Energy Link infrastructure corridor.
Engagement is informing the refinement of the corridor alignment and supporting cultural heritage, environmental and technical investigations, including sacred site and environmental surveys.
Consultation helps identify local constraints and opportunities, supports the avoidance of sensitive areas, and informs how land access and corridor arrangements will be managed over the long term.
The department will continue to provide information and seek feedback as the corridor is refined, ensuring stakeholders have the opportunity to understand the project as planning progresses.
If you are a landowner or occupier, project stakeholder or community member and would like to get in touch, email territoryenergylink.dli@nt.gov.au.
For more information about Territory Energy Link, email territoryenergylink.dli@nt.gov.au or call 1800 921 301.
To register to receive project updates, email territoryenergylink.dli@nt.gov.au.
Any personal information collected through the Territory Energy Link project will be managed in accordance with the Northern Territory Information Act 2002 and the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure Privacy Policy. For more information, go to the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure website.