25.09.2014

Sarens wins major lift contract

Sarens has won a contract from JKC Australia LNG to perform sea lifting works for Inpex’s Ichthys Project onshore LNG facility in Darwin, Australia. JKC Australia LNG is a joint venture between the JGC Corporation, KBR and the Chiyoda Corporation.

Sarens will perform two major installation works:
1) The loading, transportation and installation of three jetty modules with the heaviest one weighing up to 472 tonnes. These modules will be picked-capacity CC6800 Terex crawler crane mounted on a barge.

2) The loading, transportation and installation of 14 jetty structures. These structures are being assembled on the East Arm Port and will be loaded by a 350 tonne Liebherr LR1350 onto a second barge, then transported to the jetty head and installed with the CC6800 Terex which is mounted on the barge.
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Masakazu Fujiwara of JKC Australia LNG seals the deal with Hendrik Sarens

Luk Roelandts, national sales manager Sarens Australia said: “The contract we signed with JKC Australia LNG is strategically important for the Sarens Group. We see this as a confirmation of trust by our partner and an acknowledgement of our profound engineering experience and technical know-how.”

The Ichthys LNG Project is a Joint Venture between Inpex group - the operator - major partner Total and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.

Gas from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia, will undergo preliminary processing offshore to remove water and raw liquids, including condensate. The gas will then be exported to onshore processing facilities in Darwin via an 889 kilometre subsea pipeline. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce 8.4 million tonnes of Liquified Natural Gas and 1.6 million tonnes of Liquid Propane Gas a year, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.

JKC is responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction of the $15 billion Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities, including the onshore marine infrastructure, comprising jetty and module offloading facility (MOF), LNG storage tanks, combined cycle power plant and associated infrastructure, and the 3500-bed state-of-the-art accommodation village.