ConocoPhillips Australia has awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract for the Barossa Gas Export Pipeline.
The contract awarded to Allseas Marine Contractors Australia Pty Ltd. includes procurement, transportation and installation of the 260-kilometre pipeline, project management, engineering and associated services.
The Barossa offshore gas and light condensate project is currently in the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase. Subject to commercial arrangements being agreed, Barossa will provide a new source of gas to the existing Darwin LNG facility when the current offshore gas supply from Bayu-Undan is exhausted.
Barossa’s offshore development concept includes a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, subsea production system and gas export pipeline, all located in Commonwealth waters north of Darwin, Northern Territory. The gas export pipeline will transport natural gas from the development area 300 kilometres north of Darwin to a tie-in location on the existing Bayu-Darwin Pipeline 100kms north-west of Darwin.
The Barossa joint venturers are ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa Pty Ltd (operator, 37.5%), SK E&S Australia Pty Ltd (37.5%) and Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (25.0%).
