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70,000-Tonne China-Built Gas Platform for Woodside Set to Arrive Later This Year

The 70,000-tonne steel platform has been made in Shandong and will be floated to the coast off Western Australia.
70,000-Tonne China-Built Gas Platform for Woodside Set to Arrive Later This Year
The onshore part of Woodside's Pluto LNG project. Courtesy of Woodside
Rex Widerstrom
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Woodside Energy’s latest floating gas platform, to be deployed as part of the expanded Scarborough Gas Project, has been built in China.

The 70,000-tonne structure, around the size of a rugby field (100 metres long and 70 metres wide), will be floated to a site 375 kilometres off the Western Australian coast later this year in a journey likely to take 40 days.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.