GE Oil and Gas (NYSE:GE) has signed a LTSA with GLNG Operations Pty Ltd for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Curtis Island, off the coast of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. The pioneering venture is on track to produce first LNG around the end of the third quarter this year, and when fully operational will have a nameplate capacity of 7.8 million tonnes of LNG each year.
GE has supplied the plant with equipment, including PGT25G4 gas turbines, centrifugal compressors and auxiliary systems, for two LNG trains which were built at its specialist international facilities in the United States and Italy. The LTSA will cover planned maintenance for these turbines, compressors and associated auxiliaries, with continuous support from a GE team of engineers, located in Gladstone.
“We are excited to be such a central part of the team delivering and maintaining this significant LNG development,” said Mary Hackett, Regional Director for GE Oil and Gas, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
“Our industrial internet based services will drive productivity gains thanks to the predictive nature of the monitoring equipment. This enables us to minimise unplanned downtime, allowing us to commit to availability and reliability KPIs in the contract,” said Hackett.
Using advanced technology, GE plant managers will receive a notification if a machine is behaving abnormally, allowing for it to be investigated and addressed, and avoiding any unplanned downtime.
Santos VP Downstream GLNG Rod Duke said: “The agreement we’ve signed with GE will play a key role in helping us safely and effectively operate the Santos GLNG LNG plant.”
“Santos GLNG is here for the long-term and we look forward to operating and maintaining our LNG plant for decades to come, as Queensland’s expanding natural gas industry becomes a key economic driver for the state,” Mr Duke said.
The facility is owned by Santos, along with partners Total (27.5%), Petronas (27.5%) and KOGAS (15%). This pioneering venture will produce gas from Queensland’s coal seams and convert it into LNG for sale to global markets, and includes ongoing gas field development in the Surat and Bowen basins, a 420 kilometre gas transmission pipeline and the construction of an LNG plant on Curtis Island.
This development is a significant step toward Australia rapidly establishing itself as an LNG hub. Today, LNG is Australia’s fourth most valuable energy and mineral resource. By 2018, Australia is expected to be the world’s largest LNG exporter. Much of this LNG will be utilised by the fast-developing economies of Asia Pacific.
“We are excited to be such a central part of the team delivering and maintaining this significant LNG development,” said Mary Hackett, Regional Director for GE Oil and Gas, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
“Our industrial internet based services will drive productivity gains thanks to the predictive nature of the monitoring equipment. This enables us to minimise unplanned downtime, allowing us to commit to availability and reliability KPIs in the contract,” said Hackett.
Using advanced technology, GE plant managers will receive a notification if a machine is behaving abnormally, allowing for it to be investigated and addressed, and avoiding any unplanned downtime.
Santos VP Downstream GLNG Rod Duke said: “The agreement we’ve signed with GE will play a key role in helping us safely and effectively operate the Santos GLNG LNG plant.”
“Santos GLNG is here for the long-term and we look forward to operating and maintaining our LNG plant for decades to come, as Queensland’s expanding natural gas industry becomes a key economic driver for the state,” Mr Duke said.
The facility is owned by Santos, along with partners Total (27.5%), Petronas (27.5%) and KOGAS (15%). This pioneering venture will produce gas from Queensland’s coal seams and convert it into LNG for sale to global markets, and includes ongoing gas field development in the Surat and Bowen basins, a 420 kilometre gas transmission pipeline and the construction of an LNG plant on Curtis Island.
This development is a significant step toward Australia rapidly establishing itself as an LNG hub. Today, LNG is Australia’s fourth most valuable energy and mineral resource. By 2018, Australia is expected to be the world’s largest LNG exporter. Much of this LNG will be utilised by the fast-developing economies of Asia Pacific.
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About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas works on the things that matter in the oil and gas industry. In collaboration with our customers, we push the boundaries of technology to bring energy to the world. From extraction to transportation to end use, we address today's toughest challenges in order to fuel the future. Follow GE Oil & Gas on Twitter @GE_OilandGas.
About Santos GLNG
Santos GLNG is a pioneering venture that will produce natural gas from Queensland’s coal seams and convert it into liquefied natural gas (LNG) for sale to world markets.
It involves ongoing gas field development in the Surat and Bowen Basins, a 420-kilometre gas transmission pipeline, and the construction of an LNG plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.
Santos GLNG is owned by Australian company Santos, in partnership with three of the world’s leading energy companies – PETRONAS from Malaysia, Total from France, and KOGAS from South Korea.
Santos GLNG is on track to produce first LNG around the end of the third quarter this year, and when fully operational will have the capacity to produce 7.8 million tonnes of LNG each year.
Santos GLNG is leading the way in making Australia a world-leading gas producer, and will be worth billions of dollars to the Queensland economy over many decades.(geoilandgas)
GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com
About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas works on the things that matter in the oil and gas industry. In collaboration with our customers, we push the boundaries of technology to bring energy to the world. From extraction to transportation to end use, we address today's toughest challenges in order to fuel the future. Follow GE Oil & Gas on Twitter @GE_OilandGas.
About Santos GLNG
Santos GLNG is a pioneering venture that will produce natural gas from Queensland’s coal seams and convert it into liquefied natural gas (LNG) for sale to world markets.
It involves ongoing gas field development in the Surat and Bowen Basins, a 420-kilometre gas transmission pipeline, and the construction of an LNG plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.
Santos GLNG is owned by Australian company Santos, in partnership with three of the world’s leading energy companies – PETRONAS from Malaysia, Total from France, and KOGAS from South Korea.
Santos GLNG is on track to produce first LNG around the end of the third quarter this year, and when fully operational will have the capacity to produce 7.8 million tonnes of LNG each year.
Santos GLNG is leading the way in making Australia a world-leading gas producer, and will be worth billions of dollars to the Queensland economy over many decades.(geoilandgas)
