ALTRAD'S Cape Australia Secures $190M Karratha Gas Plant Contract

Altrad Group company Cape Australia Onshore, as part of a joint venture, has been awarded a new contract by Woodside Energy Ltd for services on the Woodside-operated Karratha Gas Plant.

The new contract works will generate additional revenue to Cape of approximately $190 million and includes two further multi-year extension options. Cape has provided services at the plant since 2015.

The joint venture, between Cape and UGL, will provide Brownfields Implementation Services including planning and execution of work scope for Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Access, fire protection application, blasting and painting, cladding and insulation across all Woodside onshore facilities.

Altrad Group Chief Executive Officer Louis Huetz said: “This new contract with Woodside is a great achievement for our Global LNG Centre of Excellence, headquartered in Perth. Our ambition is to continue the deployment of our expertise in LNG projects worldwide, across both greenfield and brownfield projects”

Cape Managing Director, APAC Neil Sadler said: “Cape is very proud to have secured this new contract furthering our longstanding relationship with Woodside on the Karratha life extension program. This expansion of our remit in terms of scope of service offering validates the team’s achievements to date and demonstrates our commitment to deliver excellence. We see this new contract as support of the partnership developing between ourselves and our client in delivering value across Woodside facilities.”

Located 1,260 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia, the Karratha Gas Plant includes five LNG processing trains, two domestic gas trains, six condensate stabilisation units, three LPG fractionation units as well as storage and loading facilities for LNG, LPG and condensate. The plant has the capacity to produce 12,000 tonnes of domestic gas per day.