QGC awards $80m contract to Transfield-Clough joint venture

John Bidwell (left), General Manager Queensland, Transfield Services, and Mitch Ingram, Project Director, Queensland Curtis LNG Project, at the contract signing in Brisbane.

QGC Pty Limited has awarded a contract worth up to $80 million for the first stage of natural gas processing facilities in the Surat Basin for the Queensland Curtis LNG Project.

The contract, with a joint venture of listed Australian companies Transfield Services (Australia) Pty Ltd and Clough Projects Australia Pty Ltd, involves front-end engineering and planning for gas compression facilities, bulk earth work, piling and concrete foundations.

The work, to be done at QGC’s Woleebee Creek development block, south-west of Wandoan, and its Bellevue development block, east of Miles, is expected to be completed in early 2013.

QGC will then decide on a contract for construction of five field compression stations and a central processing plant at Woleebee Creek and three field compression stations and a central processing plant at Bellevue.

QGC Managing Director Derek Fisher said QGC and the joint venture were committed to the use of local contractors wherever possible.

“The contract gives local contractors the opportunity to provide associated goods and services and includes a plan for employment of local personnel and contractors,” Mr Fisher said.

“We’re committed to providing local, Queensland and Australian suppliers with full, fair and reasonable opportunity to participate in QCLNG.”

At June 2012, QGC had spent nearly $8 billion since the start of 2010 developing QCLNG and its domestic gas business, with about 74{87a03eb4327cd2ba79570dbcca4066c6d479b8f7279bafdb318e7183d82771cf} of it spent in Australia and 59{87a03eb4327cd2ba79570dbcca4066c6d479b8f7279bafdb318e7183d82771cf} in Queensland.

John Bidwell (left), General Manager Queensland, Transfield Services, and Mitch Ingram, Project Director, Queensland Curtis LNG Project, at the contract signing in Brisbane.