LNG

Two market leaders in liquefied natural gas, French major TotalEnergies and LNG project engineer Technip Energies, have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for liquefaction plants and offshore facilities.

Australian engineering company Clough has awarded the bulk earthworks contract for the Waitsia Gas Project Stage Two development in the onshore northern Perth Basin to an Indigenous company.

The contract was awarded to Garla Barna Civil and Mining (GBCM), a local Mid-West business.

Clough is running the second stage of development of the Waitsia natural gas field in the Perth Basin as a future source of LNG exports.

Clough's main work sites are near the town of Dongara, located about 350 kilometres (217 miles) north of the city of Perth and 65km south of the town of Geraldton.

Beach Energy of Australia and a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui and Co. each own 50 percent of the venture and Mitsui is the operator of the Waitsia field.

Beach and Mitsui have also finalized and signed key commercial agreements with shareholders of the North West Shelf LNG plant to enable LNG exports.

“Clough and the Waitsia Joint Venture (Mitsui E&P Australia and Beach Energy) are committed to delivering a high performing project while providing opportunities to the local community at every stage of the project and this award demonstrates that,” said Peter Bennett, Clough Chief Executive.

“Our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan drives our commitment to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples by providing employment, education and business opportunities,” he added.

John Galvin, Clough Executive Vice President Australia and Asia Pacific, said he was looking forward to starting work with GBCM, a local construction business that has demonstrated the capabilities needed to perform this scope of work.

GBCM was established in 2019 as an emerging regional-based Aboriginal services contractor offering project solutions in Western Australia.

GBCM's intent is to maximise opportunities for Aboriginal people in the construction industry, creating hope and career paths for future generations.

“GBCM are pleased that Clough have provided our company with this opportunity on a project that is being built on our traditional lands,” said Fred Taylor, GBCM Director and shareholder.

“We are excited to be working with Clough in the delivery of this scope and look forward to the engagement this project brings to the Mid-West and the Southern Yamatji people,” Taylor added.

Sept 1 (LNGJ) - JGC Holdings Corp. said it had brought in structural reforms in JGC Holdings itself and JGC Corp., the unit that operates the overseas engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group.

   JGC Corp., based in Yokohama, has been an industry leader in the construction of LNG production plants in countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Qatar and Russia. “The corporate reforms aim to accelerate business-supporting global sustainability and to reinforce the use of digital transformation (DX),” said JGC. “The Group seeks to enhance competitiveness of comprehensive engineering operations by streamlining project execution,” it stated.

Nigeria LNG has taken the final investment decision to construct the long-awaited Train 7 project and associated facilities to increase output to over 30 million tonnes per annum and with a scheduled start-up in 2024.

The British Colombia Environmental Assessment Office has extended the public comment period by six days for the amended permit request proposed for the Canadian Woodfibre LNG project. The comment period will now end at midnight on December 15.