QGC has awarded Transfield Services a $19.5 million contract for gas field work in Queensland’s Surat Basin.

 

The five-year contract, which is expected to generate A$10 million of work in the first year, includes capital works and plant maintenance for the QCLNG Project’s gas field operations.

It also includes other services directly related to the project such as fabrication and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation work.

 

QGC’s parent company, BG Group, will invest US$15 billion in the QCLNG Project by 2014.

 

The contract brings Transfield’s total contractual work to $132 million, including

 

  • A new two-year A$8 million contract awarded to Transfield Services subsidiary, Easternwell, for well servicing at Arrow Energy’s coal seam gas operations in the Darling Downs region in Queensland.
  • A$50 million agreement with Qenos to conduct major shutdowns at its Altona and Botany manufacturing sites during 2012 and 2013.
  • A new agreement with Jan De Nul to undertake mechanical trades for dredging activities in North Western Australia.
  • A new agreement with Toowoomba Regional Council in Queensland to construct wastewater treatment infrastructure. The contract, secured as part of a joint venture with Monadelphous, includes the construction of new sewage pump stations, pressure and gravity sewer mains, and a sludge clarifier at the Mt Kynoch Water Treatment Plant.