Japanese steelmakers JFE Steel Corporation and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. have been awarded a large-volume pipe order for Gorgon Natural Gas Project operated by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd.
According to the contract, the two companies are to deliver a total of 172,000 mt of DNV450 grade line pipe.
The Gorgon Project is operated by the Australian subsidiary of Chevron, the largest shareholder, in joint venture with the Australian subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and Chubu Electric.
The project is developing the Greater Gorgon gas fields, located between 130 km and 200 km off the northwest coast of Western Australia and estimated to contain resources of about 40 trillion cubic feet of gas, Australia's largest known gas resource.