Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Limited, a Joint Venture company co-owned by Origin Energy Limited and ConocoPhillips awarded the McConnell Dowell and Consolidated Contractors Company Joint Venture (MCJV) the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the 507km large diameter, high pressure gas pipeline between the Coal Seam Methane (CSM) fields in the Surat Basin to Gladstone, for export as LNG.