Monadelphous awarded maintenance contract for Prelude FLNG

Monadelphous Group Ltd – an Australian engineering company – has announced that it has been awarded a long-term maintenance and modifications services contract for Shell’s floating LNG (FLNG) project – Prelude.

The FLNG project is located in the Browse Basin, which is approximately 475 km northeast of Broome, Australia.

The contract is valued at approximately AUS$200 million, and will last for 7 yr. Nonetheless, there is an option to extend it a further 2 yr.

Monadelphous will provide maintenance for the project, as well as brownfield modifications, support utilities, and hull and non-process infrastructure, such as control rooms and accommodation. In addition to this, the contract includes the delivery of fabrication services in Darwin, Australia, in support of offshore operations.

Rob Velletri, the Managing Director of Monadelphous, said: “We are especially pleased to be selected by Shell Australia as a major service provider for the Prelude FLNG facility. Our long-term goal is to become the partner of choice in the provision of FLNG services.

“This contract is of significant strategic importance to Monadelphous. Our successful history of delivering maintenance services to LNG facilities around Australia demonstrates our leadership in oil and gas maintenance and our capability to deliver a diverse range of operations and maintenance services for both onshore and offshore facilities.”

Edited from press release by David Rowlands

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