Jemena Limited submitted 10 individual applications for exemptions from ring-fencing requirements, each made on behalf of one of the following entities collectively referred to as Jemena Pipeline Businesses:
- Jemena Eastern Gas Pipeline (1) Pty Ltd, service provider of Eastern Gas Pipeline
- Jemena Eastern Gas Pipeline (2) Pty Ltd, service provider of Eastern Gas Pipeline
- Jemena Queensland Gas Pipeline (1) Pty Ltd, service provider of Queensland Gas Pipeline
- Jemena Queensland Gas Pipeline (2) Pty Ltd, service provider of Queensland Gas Pipeline
- Jemena Colongra Pty Ltd, service provider of Colongra pipeline
- Jemena VicHub Pipeline Pty Ltd, service provider of VicHub
- Jemena Darling Downs Pipeline (1) Pty Ltd, service provider of Darling Downs Pipeline
- Jemena Darling Downs Pipeline (2) Pty Ltd, service provider of Darling Downs Pipeline
- Jemena Darling Downs Pipeline (3) Pty Ltd, service provider of Darling Downs Pipeline and Atlas Gas Pipeline
- Jemena Roma North Pipeline Pty Ltd, service provider of Roma North Pipeline.
These applications relate to Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd's operation of the Phillip Creek Compressor Station (PCCS).
Each of the Jemena Pipeline Businesses is seeking an exemption under rule 34 of the National Gas Rules from its obligations under section 140 of the National Gas Law. Section 140 operates as a prohibition on the sharing of marketing staff between service providers and related businesses, in effect providing that:
- Jemena Pipeline Businesses’ marketing staff must not be employees, agents or contractors of the related business of Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline (including the PCCS); and
- Jemena Pipeline Businesses’ employees, agents or contractors must not be marketing staff of Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline.