Wood Gets Gorgon Contract Extension

Wood has extended its framework agreement with Chevron Australia to provide master contractor services to the Gorgon stage two development located offshore Western Australia, it said May 16.

“Effective immediately, the two-year contract extends an agreement in place since 2015 and will continue to be delivered by Wood in Perth,” Wood said. The scope of the agreement covers engineering, design, construction management, procurement, logistics, quality assurance, health, environment and safety management services for Chevron-operated onshore and offshore assets.

According to Chevron, Gorgon stage two is part of the original development plan for Gorgon and includes the expansion of the subsea gas gathering network required to maintain long-term natural gas supply. This planned future development phase at the Gorgon natural gas facility involves new wells in the Gorgon and Jansz-Io fields, and accompanying offshore production pipelines and subsea structures.

Gorgon comprises a three-train, 15.6mn mt/yr LNG facility and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to supply 300 terajoules/d of gas to Western Australia. Partners in the project are Chevron (operator 47.3%), ExxonMobil (25%), Shell (25%), Osaka Gas (1.25%), Tokyo Gas (1%) and JERA (0.417%).