The final two modules for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project arrived for the plant’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing units on Curtis Island, in Queensland, Australia.
The modules were built at Batangas in the Philippines and make up the two LNG processing units, known as trains that will convert natural gas into liquid by cooling it to -161 degrees Celsius.
The two steel structures with a combined weight of more than 2890-tonnes, mark a total delivery of 111 modules to the plant. Each module was built with a margin of error of only 2mm.
The US$18.5 billion venture will convert coal seam natural gas (CSG) to LNG for export to global markets. The project involves the development of gas fields in the Bowen and Surat basins in southwestern Queensland, and the transportation of the gas using a 420km underground gas transmission pipeline to an LNG plant on Curtis Island off the coast of Gladstone.
Santos GLNG says once exports to international markets begin in 2015, they will be transporting the cleanest of the fossil fuel alternatives in the world.
Bechtel is constructing Santos GLNG’s two-train LNG plant on Curtis Island, off the coast of Gladstone, Fluor is developing the Bowen and Surat gas fields, and Saipem is building the 420km pipeline.
Santos GLNG is a joint venture between Santos (30%), Petronas (27.5%), Total (27.5%) and Kogas (15%).
Image of Santos GLNG plant from Santos GLNG.
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