Clough’s scope of work includes the preparation and execution of offshore hook-up activities and assistance to commissioning, all of which will start this quarter with the mobilisation of engineering and technical teams to SHI’s fabrication yard in Geoje, Korea before moving offshore in the Browse Basin, 200km off Western Australia’s northern coastline.
Clough will manage the project from its Perth office with technical support from its Korean joint venture CloughCoens.
Ichthys’ CPF will be the world’s largest semi-submersible platform with a topsides weight of 70,000 tonnes.
Gallagher, Clough’s CEO and managing director, said the company had invested heavily in developing its hook-up capability since 2012, implementing key productivity tools and processes to reduce cost and deliver greater certainty of project outcome for clients.
“This contract award sees this investment come to fruition and firmly establishes Clough as a leader in hook-up services,” Gallagher said.
Clough and its partners have also delivered the LNG jetty and module offloading facility contracts for Ichthys and are executing the integrated project management services contract.
“We are focused on supporting Inpex and their joint venture partners through the final stages of the Ichthys LNG project,” Gallagher said.
Peter Bennett will start as Clough’s new CEO on Monday, having been poached from CB&I, where he was based in the Netherlands.
Clough’s South African owner Murray & Roberts hailed Bennett’s experience in the international oil and gas and LNG markets covering general management, operations, project management, business development and mergers and acquisitions.
Bennett has worked in Australia, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America, which represent Clough’s strategic growth sectors.
Ichthys is a joint venture with French super-major Total, CPC Corporation Taiwan and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Kansai Electric Power, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.
It includes an 890km pipeline linking its facilities offshore WA with a two-train LNG plant in Darwin and has an expected field life of at least 40 years.
