Offshore staff
PERTH, Australia – ConocoPhillips Australia, as operator of the Barossa joint venture, has awarded Allseas Marine Contractors Australia Pty Ltd. an EPCI contract for the Barossa gas export pipeline.
The contract includes procurement, transportation, and installation of the 260-km (162-mi) pipeline, project management, engineering, and associated services.
The Barossa gas and light condensate project is in the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase. Subject to commercial arrangements being agreed, Barossa will provide a new source of gas to the existing Darwin LNG facility when the current offshore gas supply from Bayu-Undan is exhausted.
The Barossa offshore development concept includes an FPSO, subsea production system and gas export pipeline in Commonwealth waters 300 km (186 mi) north of Darwin, Northern Territory.
The gas export pipeline will transport natural gas to a tie-in location on the existing Bayu-Darwin pipeline 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Darwin.
ConocoPhillips Australia West President Chris Wilson said the latest contract award was another significant step in positioning Barossa as the leading and most advanced candidate to extend the life of the Darwin LNG facility for another two decades.
The Barossa joint venturers are ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa Pty Ltd. (operator, 37.5%), SK E&S Australia Pty Ltd (37.5%,) and Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (25.0%).
09/26/2019
