Pluto LNG Project, Australia
Key Data:
Location
Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
Water depth
85m (platform); 1,000-400m (field)
First Gas
Late 2010
Permits
WA-350-P and WA 34-L
No of wells
Initially five
Capital expenditure
A$12bn
Recoverable reserves
5Tcf
Pipeline
180km, 36in
Processing
Single train, 4.3Mtpa
Storage capacity
240,000m³ (LNG) and 130,000m³ (condensate)
Key Players:
Operator
Woodside (90% interest)
JV partners
Tokyo Gas (5%) and Kansai Electric (5%)
Contractors:
Onshore
Foster Wheeler WorleyParsons (front-end engineering and design, and EPCM), BGC Contracting (preparation of storage and export site), Leighton Contractors (preparation of LNG train site), CB&I (storage tanks), Boskalis (dredging)
Offshore
EOS (front-end engineering and design of platform topsides, substructure and production system engineering), JP Kenny and Atteris (flowline and trunkline engineering), Bredero Shaw (pipe coating),
FMC Technologies (subsea hardware), McDermott Industries (platform fabrication and installation), Shenzhen Chiwan Sembawang (jacket fabrication)
