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JFE Steel to Supply Line Pipe for Wheatstone Project
04/19/2012 - JFE Steel Corp., in cooperation with Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., has been awarded an order to supply approximately 150,000 tonnes of DNV-grade-450 UOE line pipe for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia.
JFE Steel Corp., in cooperation with Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., has been awarded an order to supply approximately 150,000 tonnes of DNV-grade-450 UOE line pipe for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia.
Wheatstone is one of Australia’s largest resource projects and involves the construction of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains and a domestic gas plant 12 km west of Onslow on the Pilbara coast. Gas will be transported via a pipeline from an offshore processing platform 225 km off the coast to the onshore facilities. First LNG shipments are planned for 2016.
JFE Steel’s UOE pipes will be used for the 225-km pipeline to transport natural gas to the LNG plant at Ashburton North. Pipes with a 44-inch outer diameter will be shipped from January 2012.
DNV 450 grade UOE pipe is a high-strength steel pipe used for undersea pipelines to transport oil, natural gas, etc. over long distances. DNV is a standard set by the Norwegian ship classification society; DNV 450 indicates 450 MPa of yield strength.
The Wheatstone Project is a joint venture between Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, Apache, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co., Shell, and Kyushu Electric Power Co. The foundation project will consist of two liquefied natural gas trains with a combined capacity of 8.9 million tonnes per annum and a domestic gas plant.
