BG chooses SPIE as maintenance contractor for Australia’s QCLNG

SPIE Oil & Gas Services has agreed to provide maintenance services to BG Group's Queensland Curtis LNG to ensure a world-class, lean and automated controls and communications network for their QCLNG project in Australia.

The SPIE Oil & Gas Services maintenance team will include controls systems engineers and instrument/electrical technicians providing planned and unplanned maintenance, identifying and optimizing the controls and communications network while delivering efficiencies and improvements to increase production.

Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) is the world's first project to turn gas from coal seams into LNG. Under construction since 2010, it will provide cleaner hydrocarbon energy for export markets.

The project is based in Chinchilla in the region of Queensland, about 300 kilometers west from Brisbane, where SPIE Oil & Gas Services personnel will be based and work closely with the QCLNG team.

 

The contract is set to begin in early November 2015 for an initial three-year period, with an option for a further year. Worth 18 million Australian dollars (11.66 million euros), SPIE says the deal presents an opportunity for the company to show the benefits of the systems and processes developed for the offshore oil and gas industry to the CSG operating environment.

“Since our entry into Australia in 2013 with the acquisition of Plexal Group, SPIE Oil & Gas Services has been consolidating its position in the local industry by providing niche engineering services to major operators particularly in Western Australia," said Yves Compañy, managing director of SPIE Oil & Gas Services. "We thank QGC for awarding us this contract, which will be the first one with the BG Group company, and look forward to growing our relationship in the future."

Dean Paton, managing director of SPIE Oil & Gas Services, noted that he has seen the Australian business grow in strength, despite a challenging time for the industry.

"My team and I are very happy to be working for [QCLNG] to deliver our specialist brownfield services with a combination of engineers and technicians working together in the field," he said. "We look forward to growing our footprint in the CSG industry in Australia by delivering system improvements and efficiencies to enhance production.”

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