Workers walk out at Woodside’s NWS and Pluto LNG plants
Maintenance workers at Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf and Pluto LNG export plants in Australia went on strike late Wednesday after talks with contractor UGL collapsed. The NWS terminal in Karratha produces 14.3 mtpa of LNG, while Pluto has a capacity of 4.9 mtpa, making them a material source of Australian LNG supply.
Woodside secures extra Pluto LNG exports in domestic gas trade-off
Woodside Energy has brokered a deal with the Western Australian government to export nearly 3 mtpa more LNG from its Pluto liquefaction terminal in return for committing petajoules (PJ) of additional gas to the state's domestic market by 2029.
TechnipFMC contract
June 6 (LNGJ) - TechnipFMC, the energy project engineering company, was awarded a contract by Australian LNG operator Woodside Petroleum to upgrade the water treatment system for the Pluto platform offshore Western Australia. Woodside is the operator of two onshore liquefaction and export plants, the North West Shelf plant and Pluto LNG, and both are served by offshore feed-gas resources. “The contract includes the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the Pluto water handling module. This module, to be installed on the existing Pluto Alpha Gas Production Platform, will consist of facilities for water separation and treatment, together with upgraded power generation units,” said TechnipFMC.
Australia moves towards position of largest LNG exporter with annual volumes worth US$32Bln
The Australian government said liquefied natural gas export volumes, which grew by nearly 50 percent in 2015-2016, are forecast to double in the next three years as new production capacity comes fully on stream and will be valued at A$42 billion (US$32Bln) by 2022.
Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG ramps up amid significant flow of Australian cargoes to India
The newest export plant, the Gorgon facility on Barrow Island in Western Australia, shipped five cargoes last month as it continued to ramp up production while India emerged as a main target for shipments from some of Australia’s seven export facilities now operating.
Woodside of Australia puts LNG revenue at US$727M and logs progress on Kitimat
Australia’s largest LNG plant operator Woodside posted an almost 31 percent plunge in liquefied natural gas revenue in the third quarter to US$727.4 million from $1.05 billion in the same three months a year ago.
