Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Northern Territory, Australia
Capacity: 3.24mtpa
Start-up Year: 2003
Construction of the Darwin Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in the Northern Territory began in June 2003, with the plant being officially commissioned in January 2006. Gas is sent via a 502 kilometre pipeline from the Bayu-Undan field to the plant at Wickham Point, where it is converted into Liquefied Natural Gas for sale to Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas in Japan. Since 2006, an average of one cargo per week has been safely shipped to customers.
The facility employs state-of-the-art engineering and environmental technology and, wherever possible, local and regional resources. The plant uses ConocoPhillips’ Optimised Cascade Process® an LNG liquefaction technology that employs a two-trains-in-one-design for increased reliability and flexibility. The process was first used in 1969 in ConocoPhillips’ Alaskan Kenai LNG plant. ConocoPhillips is the operator of the project with 56.9% interest. The co-venturers for this project are; Santos with 11.5%, INPEX with 11.4%, Eni 11.0%, Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas 9.2% interest in the project.
Operators:
ConocoPhillips: Operator with 56.9% interest
Santos: 11.5% interest
INPEX: 11.4% interest
Eni: 11.0% interest
Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas: 9.2% interest
Contractors:
Bechtel Australia: Construction contract
Wood Group: Multi-year contract with ConocoPhillips. Effective immediately, Wood Group PSN will deliver brownfield engineering services to the the Darwin liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Wickham Point, Darwin. Contract personnel will be based onshore in Perth, Western Australia and Dili, Timor-Leste. The contract also covers associated floating, storage and offloading facilities and subsea pipelines; a Wood Group Kenny team based in Perth, Western Australia will supply subsea engineering expertise.
Subcontractors: