Wood Group Mustang to provide topsides engineering for Ichthys

Offshore staff

HOUSTON – Samsung Heavy Industries has contracted Wood Group Mustang for the topsides detailed engineering and procurement support for the semisubmersible central processing facility (CPF) in the Ichthys field development offshore Western Australia. 

The topsides facility will weigh approximately 70,000 (60,000 dry) metric tons with a topside deck footprint of 156 m x 132 m (512 ft x 434 ft), making it the world’s largest semisubmersible CPF. It will be designed for a peak gas export rate of 1,657MMscfd as well as liquids transfer to the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for condensate production of approximately 85,000 b/d.

Detailed engineering is scheduled to be completed in 3Q 2013, and first production is expected by the end of 2016.

The Ichthys LNG project is a joint venture between INPEX (76%, the operator) and Total (24%).

4/30/2012