The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project is preparing for the next phase of its onshore construction effort, following the unloading of its first large pre-fabricated modules in late June.
The modules will be used to construct the Project's LNG processing facilities at Bladin Point near Darwin, Australia.
According to INPEX, the modularised construction approach, now commonly utilised in Australia, involved having components of its onshore facilities assembled in modules at fabrication yards and tested before transporting them to site.
The Ichthys LNG Project's pre-fabricated modules are being built at four yards in China, the Philippines and Thailand. Over the next 18 months, about 60 module shipments are scheduled to arrive in Darwin. The largest modules can weigh more than 6,000 tonnes.
Transported on large, custom-made marine vessels, module shipments will travel past Darwin on the way to the Project's module offloading facility (MOF) at Bladin Point.
The MOF supports the offloading of the large modules and oversized equipment that is too large to be transported to site by road.