Australia: ShawCor Bags Ichthys Pipe Coating Job

ShawCor Ltd. said that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$400 million to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the gas export pipeline on the Ichthys LNG Project.

This contract was signed with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and follows the letter of intent that was initially announced in November.

The contract involves coating 889 km of 42″ pipe that will be protected with Asphalt Enamel coating, SureFlo™ internal coating and HeviCote® concrete weight coating. In addition Bredero Shaw has also received a contract for anode procurement and installation as well as custom coating. Work will commence during the third quarter of 2012.

The company will execute the work at Bredero Shaw’s facilities in Kabil, Indonesia and Kuantan, Malaysia.

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LNG World News Staff, February 14, 2012; Image: INPEX