Wood Wins Wheatstone Satellites Contracts

Australian Woodside has awarded UK engineering firm Wood Group two contracts to deliver engineering and rig modification services offshore Australia and a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project. The gas will go into the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG plant (Woodside share: 13%) which started up in October.

The engineering and rig modification services will be executed under a three-year non-exclusive outline agreement, which has two one-year extension options and is effective immediately, Wood said December 19. The concept definition study is for the subsea flowline and umbilical system for phase two of the Julimar project, comprising the Julimar and Brunello fields in Western Australia, and is also effective immediately. 

Delivered by Wood’s Perth office in Australia, this contract builds on the company’s history supporting the Julimar field. Wood successfully completed front end engineering design (Feed) and detailed design for the Julimar phase 1 subsea and flowline system.

Wood CEO Robin Watson said the company had been working with Woodside across their asset portfolio for over 30 years and the new contracts "strengthen our relationship and reinforce our position as a trusted provider of subsea, pipeline and modification services in the region."

The Julimar project is a subsea development that will supply raw gas and condensate from the fields to the offshore Chevron-operated Wheatstone platform. Woodside is operator and 65% shareholder of Julimar.