Santos picks Australian player for work on Darwin LNG life extension project

Australia’s energy giant Santos has actually distributed a project on the Darwin LNG life extension job to UGL, a compatriot expert end-to-end engineering and providers and member of the CIMIC Group.

UGL will offer brownfield building and construction services for the life extension job of the Darwin center, set to go through pipeline tie-in work to extend its life for around 20 years. As an outcome, the gas production is poised to move from the Bayu-Undan gas field to the Barossa field situated 300 kilometers off the coast of Darwin.

According to the Australian company, the work will begin right away and 100 tasks will be developed throughout the job’s lifecycle. The business highlights its dedication to Aboriginal engagement, regional work, provider ability, and supplying worth to the neighborhoods in which they work.

Doug MossUGL’s Managing Director, explained: “UGL is eagerly anticipating supporting the more comprehensive neighborhood through supplying chances for regional work and regional services to support the job.”

This offer strengthens the company’s existence in the area, following the agreement from August 2023 with the Department of Defense for tactical guidance, preparation, supply management, operations, and upkeep of the Australian Defense Force’s fuel network, which exists in the Northern Territory.

Juan Santamaria, CIMIC’s Executive Chairman, stated: “UGL has a strong history of dealing with the world’s biggest energy business, as a leading company of important services to the energy sector, and we are happy to support Santos on this task.”

Before Barossa entered into the photo, Darwin LNG, the 2nd LNG job in Australia and the very first one in the nation’s Northern Territory area, involved the advancement and production of gas primarily from the Bayu-Undan field, which lies 250 km off the southern coast of East Timor and 500 km off Darwin, in addition to the pipeline transportation and liquefaction of that gas.

Thanks to the Barossa task, which incorporates a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, subsea production wells, supporting subsea facilities, and a gas export pipeline connected into the existing Bayu-Undan to Darwin LNG pipeline, the Darwin LNG job will get a brand-new lease on life.

The FPSO BW Opalwhich will be utilized for gas production from the Barossa field, is presently under building. In spite of some legal problemsthe advancement of the task is continuing.

Norway’s BW Offshore has actually made substantial development in the building and construction of the FPSO and the Gas is set up for early 2025