Woodside Charging Ahead at Australian Gas Mega-Project, Trunkline Installation Is Completed

Woodside Energy has completed installation of the offshore trunkline for its US$12 billion-plus Scarborough mega-gas project in Australia, which is targeting its first liquefied natural gas cargo in 2026.

When operational, the 433-kilometre trunkline will transport gas from the offshore Scarborough field to the onshore Pluto LNG processing facility in Karratha, Western Australia.

The installation of the trunkline took around 12 months to complete with numerous teams and contractors including Italy’s Saipem contributing to the successful work programme. Woodside chief operating officer Australia, Liz Westcott, said the trunkline was a critical piece of infrastructure for the Scarborough project.

“With the last components of the trunkline in place, the focus will be maintained on safely executing the remaining project scopes to support the targeted first Scarborough LNG cargo in 2026,” said Westcott.

In addition to a nameplate capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum of LNG, the Scarborough project will supply up to 225 terajoules a day of domestic gas supply into the Western Australian market.