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Amid controversy, Wheatstone endures: video

WHILE Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project is dogged by bunking issues, delays and cost pressures, a ...

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The Wheatstone platform was installed and personnel were mobilised for hook-up and commissioning.

The fabrication of the subsea manifolds was completed, loaded out and delivered to Western Australia and installed over the Wheatstone and Iago gas fields.

Subsea isolation valves were also installed while onshore at Ashburton North, the installation of modules for LNG Train 1 continues, as critical equipment for LNG Train 1 continues to be delivered.

Meanwhile, LNG Train 2 continues to advance, with slug catcher pipes having been installed, the construction of the 1.2km export jetty progressing well.

The loading 1200 tonne platform for the jetty was also successfully lifted, one of the heaviest lifts undertaken by the plant site team.

The operations centre is also taking shape, with an inside view given in the update.

The water supply upgrade to the town of Onslow also advanced with the completion of the two new water storage tanks.

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