A Shell spokeswomen told PetroleumNews the company had submitted an Initial Advice Statement to the Queensland government detailing the proposed LNG development on Curtis Island and was awaiting approval to allow work to proceed on environmental impact assessments.
In February, the company announced it had started feasibility studies for an LNG plant on Curtis Island where three other ventures had advanced plans for gas liquefaction facilities.
The company has not yet disclosed the cost, size or estimates for the timetable of the plant, but said it aimed to supply the facility with gas from coal seam gas acreage jointly owned by Shell and Arrow Energy.
Shell confirmed it was open to collaboration with other parties operating in the region.
"We are in a good position to establish a CSG-LNG facility, however, we do recognise that consolidation should not be ruled out," the spokeswomen told PNN.
"At this point in time, we continue to progress our project as a standalone utilising gas from our Arrow alliance.
Arrow, which is already planning to supply gas to Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd's 1.5 million tonnes per annum Fisherman's Landing LNG project, has said it has enough gas to underpin both projects.
