Woodside Energy Group Ltd. received the floating production unit (FPU) at Scarborough gas field 375 km off the coast of Karratha, Western Australia.
The FPU will process gas at the field. The unit is about 70,000 tonnes and completed its journey from China to Australia after being towed more than 4,000 nautical miles.
The Scarborough project is now more than 91% complete. Project work will shift to hook-up and commissioning of the FPU in preparation for production. First LNG cargo is on track for second-half 2026.
The Scarborough FPU features advanced emissions-reduction systems and is designed to treat and compress gas for export through the trunkline. It can also accommodate future tie-ins to support the development of nearby fields.
Scarborough is being developed through new offshore infrastructure connected by a 433-km pipeline to a second LNG train at the existing Pluto LNG onshore plant.
Development of the field includes the installation of the FPU with eight wells drilled in the initial phase and 13 wells drilled throughout the life of the field. The project is set to produce up to 8 million tonnes/year of LNG and contribute up to 225 terajoules/day of domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market.
Woodside is operator of the Scarborough Joint Venture (74.9%). Partners are JERA (15.1%) and LNG Japan (10%).
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Alex Procyk
Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).