The Cannington Lateral is a 96 km transmission pipeline connected to the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline (CGP). Originating ay Corrie Downs offtake on the CGP the pipeline runs due east. The Cannington Lateral transports gas from gas fields at Ballera in south western Queensland to the delivery points of Cannington and Osborne Mines in north western Queensland. It has a free flow capacity of approximately 12.8 TJ/day.

The Cannington Lateral is currently a non-scheme pipeline, and is subject to the access regime for non-scheme pipelines under Part 10 of the National Gas Rules (NGR). It was previously subject to the access regime for non-scheme pipelines under the former Part 23 of the NGR, which was replaced by Part 10.

On 25 May 2018, the AER granted a 5 year Category 3 exemption under the former Part 23 of the NGR.