Leading engineering group Monadelphous Group Limited today announced it has entered into an agreement with Bechtel (Western Australia) Pty Ltd for provision of construction, operation support and other services associated with the early phases of the Wheatstone Project near Onslow in Western Australia.
The construction general services contract awarded to Monadelphous is valued at approximately $70 million. Work will commence in the first quarter of calendar year 2012 and is expected to generate significant opportunities for local employment. The contract is scheduled to be completed at the end of calendar year 2013.
“ We are pleased that we have been selected to participate in the initial stages of another major Australian energy development project ,” Monadelphous Managing Director Rob Velletri said.
The Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project is one of Australia’s largest resource projects. Located at Ashburton North, 12 kilometres west of Onslow in Western Australia, the Wheatstone Project is a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (73.6%), Apache (13%), Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (7%) and Shell (6.4%). The initial phase of the project will consist of two liquefied natural gas trains with a combined capacity of 8.9 million tonnes per annum and a domestic gas plant.
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LNG World News Staff, December 16, 2011; Image: Chevron