In August 2010, Enerflex was awarded a contract for the design, procurement, fabrication, construction and pre-commissioning of the meter station, to be located approximately 150 km south of Karratha.

The facility will enable the Gorgon joint venture to supply gas into the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) for delivery to residential and commercial consumers in and around Perth. It will have capacity to handle 300 terajoules of gas per day, equivalent to 30 per cent of Perth’s current peak daily consumption levels.

Fabrication is scheduled to commence in the Enerflex Guildford workshop in the second half of 2012, followed by civil site work.

Across all phases of the project, Enerflex will commit more than 100 employees to deliver the meter station.

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Enerflex Project Manager Alex Fox says the project will be managed – including the detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and pre-commissioning – from its Northbridge office and Guildford workshop.

“Enerflex is excited to be a part of the Gorgon project and is committed to maximising opportunities for local industry by using Western Australian-based subcontractors and suppliers where practical,” Mr Fox said.

Enerflex has constructed more pipeline facilities, compression and meter stations on the DBNGP than any other contractor. Enerflex will supply project management, engineering, procurement and construction resources in-house.

The Gorgon LNG Development is one of the world’s largest natural gas projects and the largest single resource natural gas project in Australia’s history. Three 5 MMt/a LNG trains to be located on the central-east coast of Barrow Island will process the gas, which will be delivered via a 70 km long, 660–915 mm diameter feed gas pipeline. Reservoir carbon dioxide will be removed and reinjected into deep saline reservoirs beneath the island. LNG will then be shipped to international markets, while compressed domestic gas will be delivered via a 90 km long, 508 mm diameter subsea pipeline to the Western Australian mainland, interconnecting with the DBNGP.

The project is operated by an Australian subsidiary of Chevron and is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (approximately 47 per cent), ExxonMobil (25 per cent) and Shell (25 per cent), Osaka Gas (1.25 per cent), Tokyo Gas (1 per cent) and Chubu Electric Power (0.417 per cent).