Tangguh Work for McConnell Dowell

Australia-based engineering firm McConnell Dowell said it was awarded marine work last week pertaining to the expansion of BP Tangguh LNG expansion project in Indonesia by Italian contractor Saipem. Work is set to begin immediately with completion expected in early 2019.

The overall development will involve the construction of a bulk offloading facility, the LNG and condensate loading jetty, pipelines and new wellhead platforms as well as the redevelopment of the existing onshore Tangguh brownfield site.

Onshore works will include an additional natural gas liquefaction train, an onshore receiving facility, new LNG and condensate loading berth, additional boil of gas recovery, utilities, flares and other supporting infrastructures, stated McConnell Dowell, a subsidiary of South African construction firm Aveng.

BP and its partners announced the final investment decision to expand Tangguh on July 1 2016. The expansion project will add a third liquefaction train (Train 3) of 3.8mn mt/yr production capacity, taking the plant's total capacity to 11.4mn mt/yr. The project also includes two offshore platforms, 13 new production wells, an expanded LNG loading facility, and supporting infrastructure.

Shardul Sharma