Allseas and FMC win Wheatstone deals

By Russell Searancke Auckland

 25 November 2011 01:55 GMT

ALLSEAS and FMC Technologies have been selected for two of the major offshore contracts on Chevron’s US$29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas development in Western Australia.

The first is the 225-kilometre, 44-inch concrete-coated export pipeline that will connect the central processing platform in about 155 metres of water to the onshore LNG plant at Ashburton North on the Pilbara coast.

There were three contenders for the job, and European pipelay ­giant Allseas has prevailed ahead of Italy’s Saipem and US company Global Industries, said sources. The pipeline will comprise 200,000 tonnes of line pipe, and there will be a 40-kilometre shallow-water approach that requires stabilization.

Micro-tunnelling of the shore crossing is also necessary.

The second big offshore contract is the…

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