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| Amec awarded contract for Ichthys Field, offshore Australia Amec, the international engineering and project management company, has announced the award by INPEX of a contract for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Ichthys Field, offshore Western Australia. The contract includes FEED for the offshore gas and condensate production facilities and an export pipeline more than 850 kilometres to the Ichthys LNG Plant in Darwin. AMEC will now be responsible for providing project management, engineering and other resources necessary to produce the FEED for a large semi-submersible gas production facility, a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facility (FPSO), Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (URF), and a gas export pipeline. The Ichthys Field lies about 850 kilometres west-south-west of Darwin in the Timor Sea and is one of Australia's largest undeveloped gas fields. The Ichthys Field is operated by INPEX Browse, Ltd (76%) in joint venture with Total E&P Australia (24%). It is anticipated that the gas production facilities will be in operation for at least 40 years. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |