Santos and Petronas have appointed Bechtel as the front end engineering design contractor for the downstream components of Gladstone LNG.
Santos said that, the Gladstone LNG (GLNG) project involves the construction of an initial nominal 3.5 million tonne per annum liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction plant utilizing the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade Process on Curtis Island in Gladstone harbor, with gas supply from the Santos/Petronas coal seam gas fields in south east Queensland.
Bechtel’s appointment follows a competitive six-month dual pre-front end engineering design (FEED) process. The FEED contract value is approximately $40 million and covers FEED on the liquefaction plant and associated infrastructure on Curtis Island. FEED will formally commence early in 2009, said the company.
A final investment decision is expected in the first half of 2010. The project remains on schedule for first shipments of gas in 2014. Over 2009, as part of FEED, GLNG will progress the engineering design to ensure construction can commence as scheduled in 2010, said Santos.
Santos is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company with interests and operations in major Australian petroleum province and in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan and Egypt. Santos claims to be Australia’s largest domestic gas producer, supplying sales gas to all mainland Australian states and territories, ethane to Sydney, and oil and liquids to domestic and international customers.
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