Chevron Australia has awarded Svitzer a 20-year contract on the Gorgon LNG Project.
The value of the contract is 600 million USD.
Svitzer will build four 33m 80-tonne bollard-pull azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs and one pilot boat for the marine services at the Gorgon terminal.
“ These tugs will be state-of-the-art, not only with regards to lowering fuel consumption, but also regarding noise and light ”, said Chief Executive Officer Jesper T. Lok .
The Gorgon Project will develop the Gorgon and Jansz/Io gas fields, located within the Greater Gorgon area, about 130 kilometres off the north-west coast of Western Australia.
It includes the construction of a 15 million tonne per annum LNG plant on Barrow Island and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to provide 300 terajoules per day to supply gas to Western Australia.
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LNG World News Staff, December 23, 2011; Image: Chevron