Train V LNG Jetty

Expansion

Key Aspects
99 Self Performed
99 Construction at in an operational
LNG export facility requiring
unobstructed access.
99 Project site in cyclone area
Project Highlights
99 Excellent Safety Performance
- Zero Lost Time Incidents
99 Project completed on schedule
99 Added scope to reinforce
existing material offloading
facility.
99 Existing facilities fully operational
during construction.
99 Crane installed on breasting
dolphin for sea condition
independent craneage.

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99 Prefabricated concrete
structures reduced labour
installation requirements.

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PROJECT DETAILS:
Location:

NorthWest Shelf,
Western Australia

Contract Value:

A$120 million (2005)

Contract Period:

December 2005 - March 2007

Safety Statistics:

Manhours: 344,440
LTIFR: 0

CLIENT: Woodside Energy Ltd

Scope of Work:
The $120 million Train V LNG Jetty Expansion project, completed by
the Harbourworks Clough Joint Venture (HCJV, now BAM Clough) in
2007, involved the construction of a 150 metre long jetty extension
to Woodsides existing LNG export marine terminal, at Withnell Bay
near Dampier, Western Australia. This brownfields project provided an
additional berth loading facility for LNG export tankers with a capacity
up to 145,000 cubic metres.
Despite being located in an area frequently visited by cyclones,
HCJV delivered the project on schedule, within budget and with an
impeccable safety record of zero lost time injuries for the project.
Extensive precautions were taken prior to commencement of
project through the development of staff and equipment evacuation
procedures for cyclonic conditions.
Additionally the existing LNG jetty (Woodside Phase II), which was
built earlier by HCJV, remained fully operational throughout the
construction phase.

Key project components included:

A six-span 170 metre long approach trestle consisting of five two-pile bends and one, four-pile anchor bent
Tie in works to the existing loading platform
Four breasting dolphins and four mooring dolphins connected by seven catwalks with a length of up to
71metres. The four breasting dolphins have five piles and the four mooring dolphins feature three piles
each.
Installation of pre-assembled units supplied by the client;
Navigational aids and buoys; and
Upgrade and reinforcement of a material offloading facility for landing the Train V modules.
The loading platform is a 40 metre x 27 metre concrete main deck, supporting a steel-framed concrete
roadway upper deck. The substructure is made of in-situ concrete-filled pre-cast pile caps and trough
headstock beams. Pre-cast deck slabs and in-situ concrete topping complete the deck.
Piling and drilling operations utilised hydraulically operated piling templates that were designed and
constructed to withhold the forces of the piles, the large hydraulic piling hammer, and the reversed circulation
drill. To maintain the schedule, pile drilling was performed during the night shift.

Tie-in works at the existing trestle were executed in a planned three-day shutdown of the existing LNG berth
and involved installation of a pre-assembled steel unit for the piping tie-ins.

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To reduce labour installation requirements and meet the schedule, the 30 metre long access trestle units were
fabricated off site in Perth and transported 1,800 kilometres over land to the site. The 120 tonne modules were
then shipped via the Material Offloading Facility to the jetty for installation by the crane barge.