Bechtel completes Curtis Island LNG program
Following a six-year global design and construction effort, Bechtel has completed construction of the Curtis Island LNG program that has concluded with Australia Pacific LNG starting sustained production from Train 2 of its facility. Bechtel has now delivered all six LNG production trains to three customers – QGC, Santos GLNG, and Australia Pacific LNG – on Curtis Island, off the shore of Queensland, just north of the city of Gladstone.
The three simultaneous construction programs are part of the largest concentration of private-capital investment in Australia's history. The three facilities have the combined capacity to supply 25 MMtpy of LNG –equal to about 8% of the world's production.
Design and construction of the three LNG plants was a global effort that peaked at more than 30,000 people across seven countries on four continents, including at one point employing almost 14,500 colleagues in Gladstone alone. Execution of the program included direct-hire construction on Curtis Island and modularization of major plant components in Bechtel-operated yards in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
As part of the company's sustainability efforts for the Curtis Island program, Bechtel engaged with the nearby community and Australian authorities to develop and implement a number of programs targeted at developing Australian craft workforce and increase local participation in the construction of the LNG plants. Bechtel's goals aimed at building the local economy included hiring and mentoring 436 apprentices for the project, with an additional 11,000 people receiving accredited training. Other sustainability objectives included successfully protecting the environment by rehabilitating 65 acres of land with indigenous seeds as well as recycling 57,500 + yd3 of waste.
Bechtel is responsible for developing nearly a third of the world's gas liquefaction capacity under construction today, including the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia and the first LNG export facility in the United States in over 40 years, Cheniere's Sabine Pass Liquefaction project.
Comments