The contract is for the piling installation for the Chevron-operated AU$29bn (£19bn) Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Onslow, Western Australia.
Work will be undertaken by the collective resources of Keller Australia Group companies led by Frankipile. Included in the scope of work is the procurement, installation and testing of approximately 20,000 piles for the onshore main plant facilities.
Keller Australia is committed to using its Australian-based plant and management with any additional labour requirements sourced locally, in accordance with the project-specific training plan.
The Wheatstone project involves the construction of two LNG trains and domestic gas plant 12km west of the coastal town of Onslow. Gas will be transported to the onshore facilities via a pipeline from an offshore processing platform 225km off the coast. First LNG shipments are planned for 2016.
Preparatory work on this contract will begin immediately and is expected to be completed in 2014.
Keller chief executive Justin Atkinson said: "Australia is one of our key growth markets and will continue to offer excellent opportunities for Keller as major resource-related projects, such as this, come to the market.”
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