KBR Joint Venture Awarded Gorgon Project EPCM Contract
September 14 2009 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that Kellogg Joint Venture Group
(KJVG) has been awarded by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd an estimated
AUD ~ 2.7 Billion contract to Engineer, Procure and Construction
Manage (EPCM) the LNG downstream and logistics portion of the
multi-billion dollar Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG Project.
KJVG, a KBR led Joint Venture consisting of partners JGC, Clough
and Hatch, will execute and construct the Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) facility on Barrow Island, consisting of three 5 million
tonne per annum (MTPA) LNG trains, gas processing and treatment
facilities, product storage and offloading, complete offsites,
utilities and accommodations. The EPCM contract also includes a
300TJ/d domestic gas plant. The design of the facility features
improvements in greenhouse gas emissions performance including
improved waste heat recovery and the provision of facilities for
the injection of reservoir carbon dioxide deep into the
subsurface.
The EPCM effort is a modular construction strategy to minimize
impact on the island during the construction phase and is being
conducted from two main operating centers located in Perth,
Australia and London, UK with support from global centers in USA,
Singapore, Indonesia and Japan. KJVG plans to utilize several
fabrication yards across South East Asia & Australia to support
the planned 250,000 tons of LNG modules. Along with the above
unique and one of kind design items, KJVG will implement a
comprehensive Quarantine management plan for Barrow Island.
“Our continued involvement with this large, modularized
grassroots LNG project demonstrates KBR’s commitment to providing
our customers with leading LNG project execution and allows KBR to
build on its LNG expertise and experience in Australia,” said John
Rose, Group President, KBR Hydrocarbons. “We are committed to
Chevron and its partners and look forward to working closely with
Chevron to ensure the successful execution of the Gorgon
Project.”
The Gorgon Project plans to develop the Greater Gorgon gas
fields, located between 130km and 200km off the north-west coast of
Western Australia. The Greater Gorgon gas fields contain resources
of about 40 trillion cubic feet of gas, Australia's largest-known
gas resource. Chevron is operator of the Project with a 50%
interest, and ExxonMobil and Shell each hold 25%. KJVG, formed as a
partnership between KBR E&C Australia Pty Ltd, JGC Corporation,
Clough Projects Australia Pty Ltd and Hatch Associates Pty Ltd
Group, completed the updated onshore facilities Front End
Engineering and Design (FEED) and execution planning earlier this
year. The joint venture allows KBR to capitalize on the strengths
of each party to provide the best engineering, procurement and
construction personnel and experience in the market.
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