A consortium consisting of General Electric (GE) and a CH2M HILL-UGL Joint Venture has been awarded a $550m contract by JKC Australia LNG for the construction of a 500 MW CCGT power plant for the $34bn Ichthys LNG project in Australia's Northern Territory.
As part of the agreement, GE will engineer and supply gas turbines, steam turbines and heat recovery steam generators for the project. The CH2M HILL-UGL Joint Venture will design and supply the balance of plant based around the GE technology as well as undertake the complete construction of the project.
Design, procurement and fabrication for the combined cycle power plant works are expected to commence immediately, with an on-site commencement in mid-2013 and completion expected by the end of 2016.
The Ichthys LNG project will have an initial capacity to annually produce more than 8.4 Mt of LNG and 1.6 Mt of liquefied petroleum gas.
A 885 km subsea pipeline will transport gas from the offshore drilling site in the Browse Basin to the onshore processing facility in Darwin.