Kentz wins Aussie contract

Engineering and construction group Kentz Corporation, has been awarded the integrated commissioning services contract on the Queensland Curtis project in Queensland, Australia.

Engineering and construction group Kentz Corporation, has been awarded the integrated commissioning services contract on the Queensland Curtis project in Queensland, Australia.

Kentz will provide start-up services for the upstream facilities from 1,200 well sites for QGC, a BG Group business, which is developing coal seam gas for domestic and export markets.

The contract is for an initial 12-month period, with an option to extend for a further two years.

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The project's first phase comprises two processing trains with a design life of at least 20 years, which will produce a combined 8.5m tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year. First LNG is expected in 2014.

Kentz first commenced operations in Australia in the mid-1980s, executing projects in the oil and gas, petrochemical, mining and industrial sectors.

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