The Origin Energy-ConocoPhillips combine Australia Pacific LNG has let a package of gas gathering and infrastructure works worth $90 million (Aus.) to CPB Contractors—the Australasian construction company of Sydney-based engineering firm CIMIC Group Ltd. (formerly Leighton Holdings)—for the Surat basin of southeast Queensland.
The contract, which will connect and deliver gas from more than 300 coal seam gas (CSG) wells in the region during the next 2 years, is an extension of CPB’s work for APLNG that delivered 800 wells over the past 5 years.
The new contract includes infrastructure for access tracks and well site lease pad preparation, gas and water pipeline gathering networks, electrical supply connections, and the rehabilitation of right-of-ways once installations have been completed.
The gas from the Surat CSG wells is sent for processing to APLNG’s LNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone.