the LNG sector in Queensland where
McConnell Dowell have secured a
dominant market share of pipeline
construction activity including
construction works on the QCLNG, GLNG
and APLNG projects. Work on the Komo
airfield project in PNG was also completed
during the year.
QCLNG project comprises three primary
elements of scope delivered in a joint
venture arrangement. The QCLNG Gas
Collection Header is a 197 km, 42 inch
pipeline. The team is targeting mechanical
completion by August 2013. The Export
Pipeline is a 334 km, 42 inch pipeline
to connect the Gas Collection Header,
near Chinchilla, to the Narrows Crossing
in Gladstone. The Export Pipeline team
has exceeded 75% progress in field
welding and is targeting a November
2013 completion of works. The Narrows
Crossing includes the subsea pipeline
between the mainland and Curtis Island.
This team has excelled in managing the
significant safety, environmental and
construction challenges associated
with this project that spans particularly
sensitive mangrove areas. The Narrows
project has assembled a world class
specialist Horizontal Directional Drilling
(HDD) team that has successfully
completed the installation of the first of
reactive clays, these are some of the most
challenging, longest and largest diameter
HDD installations to be completed in
Australia.
involving earthworks, civil works,
structural, mechanical and piping
works and main and flowline pipeline
installations. The GLNG team are
approaching peak construction activity
with solid progress having been achieved.
is a 357 km, 42 inch diameter pipeline
and the Condabri Lateral is a 56km, 36
inch diameter pipeline. The Condabri
Lateral has been completed and the team
continues to progress well with Export
pipeline with the majority of pipe having
been strung. The team will also mobilise
to Curtis Island during July 2013.
significant milestones. The Komo airfield
project for the Exxon PNG LNG project
was successfully completed having
achieved a milestone of over 7 million
person hours without a lost time injury.
The first Antonov landed at this asset in
May 2013. Secondly, we celebrated the
successful commissioning of the Adelaide
Desalination Plant Transfer Pipeline.
year 2014 with in excess $300 million
of work in hand including the recently
awarded Mereenie Pipelines and Flow
Lines construction contract in the
Northern Territory with Santos Ltd. The
market opportunities that present to the
business are more diverse than in recent
years. In addition to further upstream
opportunities on the APLNG project and
potential work associated with the Arrow
Energy LNG project, we see upstream
works and gas transmission pipeline
opportunities across Australia with a
diverse range of potential customers. We
remain alert to water and slurry pipeline
opportunities and are actively pursuing
SE Asian and Middle East pipeline
projects.
Dowell position as a leading pipeline EPC
contractor recognised for our capabilities
and customer focus. We emerge from the
year with enhanced capabilities, unrivalled
capacity and an energised management
team. We look forward to working with
our customers and partners to add value
and provide assistance through project
development and delivery phases.
of project construction activity for the
Pipelines business unit.