QGC Australia signs $33 million service contract with ABB 20 November 2013

QGC has signed ABB to provide long-term planned and unplanned maintenance services for up- and mid-stream facilities at the world's first coal-seam gas project, Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) in Australia.

Coal-seam gas is natural gas extracted from coal beds, which provides the same energy as coal, but with 40% less carbon dioxide emissions.

The upstream facilities stretch across the Surat Basin, where the coal-seam gas is gathered and transported along a 540km underground pipeline to the LNG plant on Curtis Island, near Gladstone.

The contract – valued at $33 million over four years, with potential for extending the service term up to 10 years – is expected to help improve plant productivity and availability.

ABB services include an on-site maintenance for its Extended Automation System 800xA integrated control and safety systems. The contract also covers spare parts management for QCLNG's upstream collection and transportation facility as well as for the midstream liquefaction and export facility.

Brian Tinham

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