JFE and Marubeni Itochu Steel win order for Chevron Gorgon Project

01 Feb 2010
JFE Steel Corporation & Marubeni Itochu Steel Inc has been awarded the following line pipe orders for Gorgon Natural Gas Project operated by Chevron Australia Pty Limited:

1. 154 KMT of DNV450 Grade line pipe for the Gorgon and Jansz Export Flowlines

2. 18KMT of DNV450 Grade line pipe for the Gorgon Domestic Gas Line

The Gorgon Project is operated by the Australian subsidiary of Chevron in JV with the Australian subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and Chubu Electric. The Gorgon Project is developing the Greater Gorgon gas fields, located between 130 kilometers and 200 kilometers off the north west coast of Western Australia. The Greater Gorgon gas fields are estimated to contain resources of about 40 trillion cubic feet of gas, Australia’s largest known gas resource.

As the large diameter line pipes supplied for this project will be used for long distance sub sea pipeline, they must meet low temperature toughness requirements and have heavy wall thickness sufficient to withstand operations under high pressure, along with anti corrosive properties.

JFE has demonstrated its proven capability to fulfill these very strict and demanding requirements on many other projects. JFE has abundant experience in supplying high-grade line pipes for numerous pipeline projects all over the world.

JFE Steel and Marubeni Itochu Steel will continue to supply high quality steel pipe that is valued by its customers as it seeks to contribute to the development of global energy resources.

Source: SteelGuru