Australia-listed engineering services major Worley has secured a framework agreement from compatriot APA Group to support gas transmission and storage projects in Australia.
Worley on Wednesday said the framework agreement will include supporting a programme aimed at expanding capacity on gas infrastructure assets nationally on an exclusive single contractor partnering model.
The agreement, with an initial three-year term, will include digital enablement and standardised reference designs, the contractor said.
The potential value of its contract was not disclosed.
Upstream has contacted Worley for more details.
Australia’s gas pipeline infrastructure is gaining investment momentum as the country seeks to connect producing regions with the rest of the country, amid the Middle East conflict and a potential gas supply shortfall later this decade.
Earlier this year, New South Wales-headquartered APA announced a A$500 million (US$355 million) investment in a two-stage process to address bottlenecks in the east coast gas network targeting a 30% increase in north-to-south gas transport capacity.
The first stage, which has reached the final investment decision, is expected to be completed in the Southern Hemisphere winter in 2028 and increase north-to-south capacity by 11%.
“Gas supply is not a constraint to supporting a healthy domestic gas market and [liquefied natural gas] export market. We just need the right incentives to produce it. And APA is leaning in to ensure that gas transportation and storage infrastructure is also not a constraint,” APA chief executive Adam Watson said in March.
APA is also planning to kick-start operation of the 37-kilometre Sturt Plateau pipeline that later this year will start delivering shale gas produced in the Beetaloo basin to the existing Amadeus gas pipeline.
“Long-term portfolio partnerships are an important part of how Worley works with customers to deliver value over time. We are pleased to support the APA team with this portfolio of assets and to continue building our relationship with APA across Australia’s energy infrastructure sector,” Worley chief executive Chris Ashton said.
The work for the three-year partnership will be delivered primarily from Worley’s Brisbane office, with specialist support from Melbourne and in close collaboration with the company’s Global Integrated Delivery (GID) team in India.
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