The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is one of the world’s largest natural gas projects and the largest single resource development in Australia’s history. The project involves the development of the Gorgon and Jansz-Io gas fields, located approximately 130 km off the northwest coast of WA, and includes the construction of a nominal 15 MMt/a LNG plant on Barrow Island and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to supply 300 TJ/d of gas to WA.
The Gorgon Project is operated by an Australian subsidiary of Chevron (47.3 per cent interest), in joint venture with the Australian subsidiaries of ExxonMobil (25 per cent), Shell (25 per cent), Osaka Gas (1.25 per cent), Tokyo Gas (1 per cent) and Chubu Electric Power (0.417 per cent).
The sheer scale of the Gorgon Project requires expertise in pipeline and LNG project handling – which is where Richmond comes in.
Leighton Contractors is one of Australia’s most recognised, diverse and established industry leaders, employing more than 10,000 people and providing services to the infrastructure, mining, civil construction and resource industries.
Likewise, Richmond is a specialist engineering company that prides itself on its “˜WheelMakers for Industry’ philosophy towards design and manufacturing from an in-house computerised numeral controlled facility to state-of-the-art polyurethane plant.
The company is an Australian and worldwide leader in design and construction of pipeline rollers and pipeline support systems, and trusted by many of the country’s largest contractors to complete the most complex and challenging pipeline and resource projects.
Richmond fabricated specially designed low-profile pipeline rollers for Leighton Contractors to handle high density polyethylene pipe up to 2 m in diameter. The pipe rollers allowed Leighton Contractors to spool complete lengths – in some instances up to 80 m spools – with the 2 m welder stationed in one position.
The expertise provided by Leighton Contractors and the pipeline transport solution from Richmond improved productivity and eliminated costly handling and potential obstacles that may have arisen.
Richmond Managing Director Ray Winslow said “If it needs to move, we can build wheels for it.”
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