TechnipFMC secures $250 million subsea production system contract for Pluto LNG project offshore Australia from Woodside Energy
(WO) — TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI™) contract by Woodside Energy in Australia. According to a company statement, the contract is worth between $75 million and $250 million.
TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, and install the subsea production system, flexible pipe, and umbilicals for the Xena Infill well (XNA03) to support ongoing production from the Pluto LNG Project. The award follows an integrated front end engineering design (iFEED™) study.
The project will use the company’s Subsea 2.0 production system. Xena Phase 3 will be tied back to existing subsea infrastructure previously supplied by TechnipFMC.
Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea at TechnipFMC, commented, “We are proud to be delivering a fully integrated project from concept to execution. This project will help our long-term client meet their objectives, demonstrating the favorable impact iFEED™, iEPCI™, and Subsea 2.0® can have on project economics.”
The contract is the latest call-off on the framework agreement between Woodside Energy and TechnipFMC. According to Woodside’s website, Pluto LNG processes gas from the Pluto and Xena gas fields offshore Western Australia. Gas is piped through a 180 km trunkline to a single onshore LNG-processing train.
Woodside is developing a brownfield expansion of Pluto LNG through the construction of a second gas processing train. Pluto Train 2 will have a capacity of about 5 MMtpa, Woodside reports.
