CIMIC Group’s construction company, Leighton Contractors, has been granted a contract by Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) to deliver gas field development works in the Surat Basin, Queensland. The Collaborative Well Delivery (CWD) project is expected to generate revenue of approximately USD 300M to Leighton Contractors over two years.
Under the contract, which has an additional two year option, Leighton Contractors is expected to deliver approximately 200 wells per annum in a series of work packages. The CWD project supports APLNG’s ongoing upstream operations and supply to its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export facility on Curtis Island, after the construction.
The CWD project represents significant savings of 45% per well connected for APLNG relative to wells delivered during the construction phase of the project, in addition to aligning Leighton Contractors and APLNG around an ongoing continuous improvement programme that leverages the experience of both partners.
Leighton Contractors will deliver the project with design partner Amec Foster Wheeler who have been designing upstream linear infrastructure for APLNG for the past four years. Local subcontractors, suppliers and personnel from the Western Downs region will deliver at least 15% of the project works.
