Baker Hughes Gets Oz Gorgon Contracts

Chevron Australia has awarded Baker Hughes (BHGE) a contract to supply subsea production equipment under a 15-year master service order (MSO), with a second contract for well completion equipment, BHGE said June 25. These solutions will enable a second development phase within the Greater Gorgon area offshore Australia, helping to maintain gas supply to the downstream LNG plant.

The contract includes 13 subsea production trees, two eight-slot manifolds, 13 MS-700 SFX fatigue-resistant wellheads and specialty connectors & pipes systems, and 16 Sem2K subsea control systems and associated equipment. BHGE is also supplying well completion equipment and services under a separate five-year contract, including coring work, liner hangers, completions and wellbore cleanup technology. The Greater Gorgon area lies 130-220 km off northwestern Western Australia. BHGE delivered gas turbines and subsea production systems for the first phase of the project, in addition to pipeline pre-commissioning services. 

“The expanded Gorgon subsea infrastructure will continue to be supported out of BHGE’s state-of-the-art oil and gas campus in Jandakot, Western Australia, where more than $100mn has been invested in significant infrastructure and engineering capabilities to service the latest technologies deployed in the development,” said Visal Leng, president for APAC at BHGE.

In April Chevron and its partners decided to proceed with future offshore development of the Gorgon project, which will underpin long-term supply for the LNG export facility. Gorgon Stage Two, which is part of the original development plan, includes the expansion of the subsea gas gathering network required to maintain long-term gas supply to the 15.6mn metric tons/year LNG plant and domestic gas plant on Barrow Island.

The Chevron-operated Gorgon project is a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (47.4%), ExxonMobil (25%), Shell (25%), Osaka Gas (1.25%), Tokyo Gas (1%) and Jera (0.417%).