John Wood Group Gets Chevron Unit Pact For Australia LNG Plant

24th Jun 2010 14:23

LONDON (Dow Jones)--John Wood Group PLC (WG.LN) said Thursday it has been selected by Chevron Global Upstream and Gas, a subsidiary of Chevron Corp (CVX), to provide ready-for-start-up operations support services for the Wheatstone Project liquid natural gas, or LNG, plant on the northwest coast of Australia, but didn't provide any financial details. The international energy company said work will be performed by Offshore Design Ltd., or ODL, and will include LNG plant operations, maintenance and instrumentation/electrical systems consulting services. "Australia is a key market for Wood Group and we have been expanding our presence there," said Les Thomas, director of Wood Group's Production Facilities activities. "We have provided engineering services for other Australian LNG projects and are very pleased to be expanding our support to the sector with this contract for operations support services." The Wheatstone LNG facility will be located on the northwest coast of Australia. It will have an initial capacity of at least one five million-ton-per-annum LNG production train, with expansion capacity for additional production trains. The facility will also provide commercial domestic gas to the local market. Shares at 1315 GMT up 2 pence, or 0.6%, at 324.9 pence in a slightly lower FTSE 250 Market--down 0.4% -By Iain Packham, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9269; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 24, 2010 09:23 ET (13:23 GMT)