Shell has commissioned a $25 million onshore supply base in Darwin to support a planned floating LNG facility
March 7, 2013
Shell Australia has commissioned a $25 million onshore supply base in Darwin to support a planned floating LNG facility.
Engineering and construction company Decimal Group Limited (DGL) today announced it had been awarded
a contract to build the supply base, which will
provide logistics support
to Shell’s Prelude Floating LNG Project.
The base will be located on Darwin’s East Arm Wharf, as onshore support for the LNG project.
The base will include an administration building, a climate controlled warehouse, storage yards, hard stands, a wash down pad, roads, and car parks.
Design and construction is expected to start in July, 2013 and take 12 months to complete.
DGL will be responsible for the base’s design and construction, including engineering, contracting, procurement, fabrication, transportation, and all statutory and regulatory approvals.
DGL CEO Scott Criddle says Shell is a new customer.
“Decimal has been increasing our exposure to the oil and gas industry over recent years and it is therefore very pleasing to secure this major contract,” Criddle says.
Shell Global on Tuesday announced it would develop two additional natural gas for transport corridors in North America.
Shell plans to use North American natural gas to provide
a cost-effective fuel for commercial customers.
According to Shell, the company plans to bring LNG fuel
a step closer for its marine and heavy-duty on road customers in North America by taking a final investment decision on two small-scale liquefaction units.
These two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions.
The decision follows an 2011 investment in a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada.
Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations.