Santos GLNG 75% Complete

The Santos GLNG project is now 75% complete and on track for the first shipment of LNG next year, Santos said Tuesday.

Updating on the project, Santos said:

• The 4.3-kilometre pipeline tunnel under Gladstone Harbour has just broken through to Curtis Island from the mainland after 10 months of tunnelling. The tunnel will now be lined, flooded, and the pipeline floated and pulled through. The entire 420-kilometre pipeline is due to be completed in the next few months.
• The final three of the 82 modules which will be joined to form the first LNG train (processing unit) are being completed and over 90% have been delivered to Curtis Island from the module construction yard in the Philippines. Meanwhile, all of the 29 modules required for the second train are under construction. The trains will liquefy gas by cooling it to -162°C for transportation via ship to Malaysia and Korea starting next year.

In the gas fields around Roma and Fairview:

• Construction of the largest gas processing hub in the Fairview field – Fairview 4 – is progressing strongly. The hub will compress gas for it to be sent along the 420-kilometre pipeline to Curtis Island. The Fairview 4 hub’s water desalination plant has just been completed, and our construction team is now focused on the hub’s electrical switchrooms and utility systems.
• 410 kilometres of the 420-kilometre gas transmission pipeline have been buried and 282 kilometres of the pipeline route are under rehabilitation. First commissioning gas is due to be piped to Curtis Island around the middle of this year.

Company’s CEO David Knox said that while the investment and economic contribution of Australia’s gas industry was important, “the real value will be measured by our ability to operate responsibly, and in doing so to gain the trust of all of the communities, the individuals and the organisations that our business touches."

Santos GLNG is a joint venture between Santos, Petronas, Total and Kogas to supply liquefied natural gas to global markets.

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