CB&I Wins Award for LNG Expansion Project in Australia.THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- CB&I (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CBI CBI abbr. cumulative book index CBI Confederation of British Industry CBI n abbr (= Confederation of British Industry) → C.E.O.E. ) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$200 million by Woodside Energy Ltd., operator of the North West Shelf Venture onshore gas plant near Karratha, Western Australia Karratha is an important centre in the resource-rich WA's Northwest. It is located approximately 1,535 kilometres (954 mi) north of Perth and 850 kilometres (528 mi) . CB&I will be the mechanical erection contractor for construction of a fifth liquefied natural gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. (LNG) production train with a design capacity of 4.2 million tonnes per year. The Phase V expansion will increase the plant's capacity to 15.9 million tonnes per year, making it one of the single largest LNG complexes in the Asia-Pacific region. CB&I's work scope for the project includes the installation and hook-up of modular LNG units, as well as structural, mechanical and piping works installation. The Company will mobilize on site in October 2006 and expects to complete its portion of the project in the first quarter of 2008. The on-site work force is expected to peak at about 850 employees. "We are pleased that Woodside has once again selected CB&I for this major expansion project," said Philip K. Asherman, CB&I's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We were responsible for mechanical erection of the plant's Train 4 expansion, and we are committed to completing this project safely and on schedule." The six equal participants in the North West Shelf Venture are Woodside Energy Ltd. (operator), BHP Billiton Petroleum (North West Shelf) Pty. Ltd., BP Developments Australia Pty. Ltd., Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd., Japan Australia LNG (MIMI Mimi her love for Rodolfo ended by her early death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, La Bohème, Westerman, 348–350] See : Love, Tragic ) Pty. Ltd., and Shell Development (Australia) Proprietary Limited. CB&I executes on average more than 700 projects each year and is one of the world's leading engineering, procurement and construction  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. (EPC) companies, specializing in projects for customers
that produce, process, store and distribute the world's natural
resources. With more than 60 locations and approximately 10,000
employees throughout the world, CB&I capitalizes on its global
expertise and local knowledge to safely and reliably deliver projects
virtually anywhere. Information about CB&I is available at
www.CBI.com.
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