Australia: Thiess Scores QGC Contract

QGC Pty Limited has awarded a contract for construction of gas processing facilities to Australian construction and resources contractor Thiess Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leighton Holdings Limited.

The A$325 million contract involves the construction of six field compression stations and one central processing plant in the Surat Basin to service QGC’s Queensland Curtis LNG Project.

The facilities, about 40km west of Dalby, will process gas which will be transported through an underground pipeline network to Gladstone where the gas will be liquefied. Thiess is scheduled to start work on the facilities this month.

QCLNG Senior Vice President Alexander (Sandy) Nairn said the contract represented the first major construction package for QCLNG gas processing facilities.

“This contract will provide opportunities for local contractors to supply associated services and will therefore increase the capacity of local industry,” Mr Nairn said.

“Just as importantly, the contract includes a robust plan for employment of local personnel and contractors.”

Thiess will undertake all civil, mechanical and high-voltage electrical work in constructing and commissioning the facilities between now and the first half of 2013.

At 30 September 2011 QGC and its contractors had let nearly 1000 contracts across the QCLNG Project and more than 13,600 registrations of interest had been received from regional, Queensland and Australian firms to provide goods and services.

QGC spent more than A$5.1 billion on its domestic gas business and the Queensland Curtis LNG Project in the 18 months to 30 September. More than 72% of it was spent in Australia. Nearly A$3 billion of the total, or about 65%, was spent in Queensland.

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LNG World News Staff, February 8, 2012; Image: Thiess