US-based GE Oil & Gas has signed a $620m 22-year contractual service agreement (CSA) with QGC to provide advanced technology services to the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) plant, located on theeast coast of Australia.
As part of the deal, GE will provide planned and unplanned maintenance for the company’s equipment to be installed at the QCLNG plant.
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GE will supply 15 PGT25+G4 aeroderivative gas turbines, 28 centrifugal compressors, gearboxes, generators and all auxiliaries.
The company will also provide monitoring and diagnostic services, as well as reliability guarantees to the equipment.
The QCLNG project will get support from GE resources in the Asia Pacific region, while maintenance activities related to the power turbines and compressors will take place at GE’s facilities in Jandakot, Western Australia and in Florence, Italy.
Monitoring and diagnostic will be provided by the company’s global iCenters located in Florence, Houston and Kuala Lumpur.
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By GlobalDataThe iCenters teams will track and advise on the performance of installed equipment, to enable customers to maximise plant availability and lifecycle of parts.
GE Oil & Gas chairman and CE, Jeff Immelt, said the QGC project is the world’s first facility to turn coal seam gas into LNG, which will allow Australia to stand as a leader in LNG.
"GE is proud to be QGC’s partner in providing advanced technologies and services that enable reliable production of LNG and help meet the growing global demand for energy," Immelt added.
The QCLNG plant will turn coal seam gas into LNG and is the first of four LNG projects scheduled for Curtis Island.
The plant is expected to begin production in 2014, while the LNG produced will be exported to China, Japan and Singapore.
Image: GE Oil & Gas has received a 22-year contractual service contract from QGC in Australia for $620m. Photo: Courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net.
