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BG Group will sell its wholly-owned subsidiary QCLNG Pipeline to APA Group for approximately US$5.0 billion.

QCLNG Pipeline owns a 543 kilometre large-diameter underground pipeline network linking BG Group’s natural gas fields in southern Queensland to a two-train liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Gladstone on Australia’s east coast.

The pipeline was constructed between 2011 and 2014 and has a current book value of US$1.6 billion. Tariffs payable on the pipeline are set to provide a fixed rate of return on the asset base with the primary tariff components escalating annually with US inflation indices. For the year ended 31 December 2016, the pipeline tariff is expected to deliver to APA Group EBITDA of approximately US$390 million.

The sale is conditional on the start of commercial LNG deliveries from the QCLNG export facility at Gladstone and on partner consent. BG Group and its partners have firm capacity rights in the pipeline for 20 years, with options to extend.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2015. BG Group states that the post-tax profit of approximately US$2.7 billion will be used to reduce net debt and to fund future growth investment.

Andrew Gould, interim Executive Chairman of BG Group, commented: “We are pleased to have entered into an agreement for the sale of this high-quality infrastructure with a bidder the calibre of APA Group.”

“The sale of the QCLNG pipeline is in line with our strategy to focus on BG Group’s core areas of oil and gas exploration and production and LNG. The timing reflects QCLNG’s advanced stage of development; we are now on the verge of delivering the world’s first large-scale project using natural gas from coal seams as a feedstock for LNG,” Mr Gould said.

BG Group is reviewing its reference conditions, long-term price assumptions, and business plans in light of recent movements in commodity prices, particularly oil. Any impact of changes to these assumptions on the carrying value of assets within the Group’s portfolio will be reflected in the 2014 fourth quarter results.

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