The joint venture will supply up to four Sikorsky S-92 heavy helicopters, alongside Ichthys’ current aviation provider, in support of the installation, hook up, commissioning and production activities of the offshore facilities, and will be based in Broome, Western Australia.
The contract will commence on 1 April 2017, with term of five years, plus two two-year option periods.
The Ichthys Project comprises an onshore LNG processing plant, offshore processing facilities, condensate storage, a 500 MW combined-cycle power plant and an 889 km, 1,050 mm diameter offshore pipeline.
The project will develop gas from the Ichthys gas field, located in permit WA-285-P in the Browse Basin, approximately 200 km offshore northwest Australia.
Joint venture interests in the project are INPEX (63.445 per cent), TOTAL (30 per cent), CPC (2.625 per cent), Tokyo Gas (1.575 per cent), Osaka Gas (1.2 per cent), Chubu Electric (0.735 per cent) and Toho Gas (0.420 per cent).
