Combi Lift said it has signed a contract with Schenker for two of their semisubmersible ships for the Gorgon LNG project.
The duration of the contract is 1 year with option of 2 years for delivery of supplies to the start-up of the project on Barrow Island in the western part of Australia.
“ This contract proves that the Combi Dock type is one of the most flexible and complex ship types within the heavy lift segment ”, Anders Poulsen COO and Combi Lift partner states and continues: “ The ships have been refitted in order to roll cargo directly from the tween deck and for us to meet the environmental requirements for calling Barrow Island .”
The Gorgon Project will develop the Gorgon and Jansz/Io gas fields, located within the Greater Gorgon area, about 130 kilometres off the north-west coast of Western Australia.
It includes the construction of a 15 MTPA LNG plant on Barrow Island and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to provide 300 terajoules per day to supply gas to Western Australia.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, January 10, 2012; Image: Combi Lift