ABB secures $64 million Woodside contract

ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has announced that it has won over $64 million worth of contracts to supply equipment for Woodside's $12 billion Pluto Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, currently under construction in Western Australia.

“This is a very exciting project for ABB to be involved in, particularly as it is planned to be one of the fastest developed (from discovery to first gas) LNG projects in the world,” said Steve Hollyoak, ABB account manager.

ABB’s scope of supply includes switchgear, transformers, analyser systems, instrumentation, motors and machines, electrical network monitoring and control systems; along with three LCI variable speed drives for compressor applications.

The distribution transformers and switchgear packages are to be manufactured by ABB’s factories within Australia, with the rest sourced internationally.

The Pluto LNG Project involves construction of an LNG processing facility on the Burrup Peninsula with the gas transported onshore via a pipeline from the Pluto gas field, around 190 kilometres north-west of Karratha in Western Australia.

Woodside’s project is the first new standalone LNG development in Western Australia for more than 20 years. It is forecasted to produce 4.3 million tonnes per annum, which is expected to inject some $28 billion into the Australian economy over the 30-year life of the project.