DNV GL informed it has secured a contract to provide in-service verification and classification services to a range of facilities at the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.
DNV GL has provided vendor inspection, verification and offshore classification support to the US$34 billion venture since 2012, the classification society informed in a statement.
This contract will see DNV GL continue its support to the project as it transitions into operation in 2017.
The primary scope of work includes in-service verification of the Ichthys facilities; the central processing facility (CPF), floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO), subsea production system, gas export pipeline, onshore combined cycle power plant and onshore LNG plant. DNV GL will also provide in-service classification of the CPF and the FPSO hulls.
Located 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia, the Ichthys field is situated on block WA-285-P in the Browse Basin, Timor Sea. This gas and condensate field lies at a water depth of 250 meters.
First production is scheduled for 2017 and the project is expected to produce 8.9 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of LPG per annum, along with more than 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.
Gas and condensate from the Ichthys field will be exported to onshore facilities for processing near Darwin via the 889 km pipeline. Most condensate will be directly shipped to global markets from an FPSO facility permanently moored near the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin.
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