Australian North West Shelf expansion project awarded

Woodside Energy Ltd awarded a €10.5 million contract to Westham Dredging Company Ltd, in which Ballast Ham Dredging holds an interest of fifty percent for a shelf expansion project at the Australian coast.

Under the contract the shore crossing for North West Shelf Ventures’s second offshore gas trunkline will be prepared. The project involves drilling, blasting and dredging of the near-shore area. The project is scheduled for completion by May 2003.