Territory Energy Link is a Northern Territory Government initiative to establish a strategic multi-user infrastructure corridor connecting the Beetaloo Sub-basin with Darwin and the Middle Arm Precinct.
By planning a single shared corridor for future buried infrastructure, Territory Energy Link will support investment, reduce duplication and help unlock long-term economic opportunities across the Northern Territory.
The project is currently in the feasibility phase, with technical investigations, environmental and cultural assessments, and stakeholder engagement helping to inform the preferred corridor alignment and future project planning.
Government's role
The Northern Territory Government is responsible for planning, securing and managing the infrastructure corridor. The Northern Territory Government is not constructing pipelines or other infrastructure.
By planning and protecting a shared corridor now, the Northern Territory Government can provide greater certainty for future investment while reducing the need for multiple separate infrastructure corridors across the Territory.
Future pipelines, cables and other utilities will be designed, funded, approved and constructed by infrastructure proponents as demand arises.
Why Territory Energy Link?
The Northern Territory is entering a significant period of energy and infrastructure development, with growing demand for coordinated infrastructure to connect the Beetaloo Sub-basin to Darwin and the Middle Arm Precinct.
Rather than individual projects establishing separate corridors over time, Territory Energy Link is planning for a single strategically managed corridor capable of supporting multiple future users.
This coordinated approach will:
- support future investment in the Beetaloo and other major projects
- reduce duplication of infrastructure corridors
- minimise cumulative land access impacts
- improve long-term infrastructure planning
- provide greater certainty for landholders and future proponents.
What infrastructure could be accommodated?
The corridor is being planned to accommodate future buried infrastructure that may include:
- gas pipelines
- water pipelines
- optical fibre
- communications infrastructure
- other future utilities and services.
The corridor has been designed to remain flexible so it can support future infrastructure needs.
For more information, download the project fact sheet PDF (1.1 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 progressing through the feasibility phase. Current activities include:
- geotechnical investigations
- environmental studies
- cultural heritage assessments
- corridor refinement
- engineering and technical investigations
- landholder engagement
- Traditional Owner engagement
- consultation with councils, industry and government agencies.
These investigations and activities will help inform the preferred corridor alignment.
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.