McDermott, BHGE Win Ichthys Contract

US-based McDermott and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) have been awarded contracts to provide a joint umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF) and subsea production systems (SPS) solutions for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG field development, offshore Western Australia, the two companies said July 30.

The award includes a joint URF and SPS Epci solution, comprising a new subsea well gathering system (GS4), tied back to the existing central processing facility. In addition to the GS4 scope, the award includes in-fill URF Epci scope involving the development of new subsea wells tied-in to the existing gathering systems, the companies said.

The Ichthys LNG Project involves liquefying natural gas lifted from the Ichthys gas-condensate field offshore Western Australia at an onshore gas liquefaction plant constructed in Darwin, Northern Territory, and producing and shipping approximately 8.9mn metric tons/year of LNG and about 1.65mn mt/yr of LPG, along with approximately 100,000 barrels/day of condensate at peak.  

Approximately 70% of the LNG produced by Ichthys LNG is scheduled to be supplied to Japanese customers.