Vital Inspections for Offshore Gas Platform

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A demanding inspection schedule has helped the North West Shelf Venture’s third offshore gas production facility, the new Angel Platform, reach completion off the north-west coast of Australia.

The remotely operated Angel gas and condensate processing platform stands in 80 metres of water about 50 km east of the Venture’s existing North Rankin A production facility. Hydrocarbons will be produced through one processing unit with a capacity of up to 800 million standard cubic feet of gas a day and up to 50,000 barrels of condensate a day.

The 7,000 tonne topside and 8,000 tonne jacket substructure is secured to the seabed by eight drilled and grouted, piled foundations weighing more than 4,500 tonnes.

GHD’s Oil & Gas, Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Area (EEHA) services, a specialist unit within the Oil & Gas practice, has completed the bulk of approximately 3,500 EEHA inspections required for this facility both at the construction yard in Johor Baru, Malaysia and offshore in Western Australia.

Following successful inspection, remediation and commissioning of electrical, instrumentation and communication equipment, the platform is now in operation.

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