McDermott Wins Feed Work at Ichthys Gas Field

McDermott International has won a contract for front-end engineering design (Feed) at the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in Australia, it said on November 10.

The contract covers designs for a booster compression module, with an option for engineering, procurement and construction services. The module is due to be added at the Ichthys LNG offshore central processing facility.

The 8.9mn metric ton/year Ichthys LNG plant started up in October 2018. Inpex serves as operator with a 62.25% stake, while France's Total has 26%. Other shareholders include the off-takers CPC Corp Taiwan (2.63%), Tokyo Gas (1.58%), Osaka Gas (1.2%), Kansai Electric Power (1.2%), Jera (0.74%) and Toho Gas (0.42%).

McDermott is already providing umbilicals, risers and flowlines as part of an expansion of Ichthys' existing facilities, with the work due to be completed in 2023.