The US$400 million pipeline is 26-inches in diameter and has capacity of 700 million cubic feet per day of gas.

It is part of the second-stage liquefied natural gas development of the field, which involves transporting gas to Darwin and processing it into LNG for export to Japan.

The pipelay has been a roller-coaster ride for Saipem, which was several months late bringing in the giant semi-submersible barge Semac-1 to start the job.

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