John Holland Wins $160 Million Contract To Deliver Apache Energy's Devil Creek Project

Published: 28-Aug-2009

John Holland, an Australia-based company engaged in contracting businesses, has secured a $160 million contract to deliver Apache Energy Limited’s (Apache Energy) Devil Creek development project (DCDP). The contract is for construction of a new onshore gas plant in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The DCDP will recover and process gas reserves from the Reindeer gas field located about 80 kilometers northwest of the Port of Dampier.

The scope of works, incorporating a significant volume of earthworks and civil construction, includes the construction of an onshore processing facility with specific capabilities in gas treatment/dehydration, condensate liquid stabilization, storage and road loadout, gas compression and metering. An onshore pipeline will also be constructed along with a connection to the existing Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline.

John Holland's Managing Director, Glenn Palin, said: “Today’s award highlights the diversity within John Holland’s business and our unique ability to bring together civil and highly specialised construction services into an integrated bid team. It is particularly pleasing to note that this project will combine the civil construction skills of our Western Region business with the specialist skills of our SMP business.”

General Manager of John Holland’s SMP business, Brendan Petersen, commented: “This new work is part of our long-term strategy to bring the full scope of our construction services to bear on emerging oil and gas projects across Australia. Importantly for our clients, the diversity within John Holland ensures these complex projects can be delivered from start to completion by the one contractor. We look forward to working closely with Apache Energy to move this project forward in the coming months.”

The new processing facility, to be known as the Devil Creek gas plant, will be located approximately 50 kilometers from Karratha and in close proximity to the North West coastal highway. The project will commence in September 2009 with completion expected by mid- 2011.

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