DB Schenker Awarded Transport Contract in Australia

Kellogg Joint Venture, a consortium under contract of Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell, has awarded DB Schenker the contract to provide worldwide and national transport for the Gorgon Project, a major gas project in Australia.

The project has a total investment volume of €25 billion (US$36.18 billion) making it the biggest gas production undertaking in Australia, and currently one of the largest in the world. According to estimates, the Gorgon field, which is located of the northwest coast of Australia, holds 40 trillion cubic meters of gas. Plans call for a gas liquefaction plant to be built on Barrow Island to utilize the gas.

The four-year contract covers the provision of integrated logistical services by DB Schenker and has a total volume of about A$500 million (US$ 3460 million). The company will transport more than two million freight tons of module production plants in Asia and/or directly to Australia.

Ron Koehler, CEO Schenker Australia Pty Ltd, explains further, “We have established ourselves as a key player in the provision of logistical services for oil and gas exploration and production projects. DB Schenker’s international network enables us to provide the contracted services at the agreed times and within the defined budget.”

Initial work on the project will begin shortly on Barrow Island. Plans call for the first gas to be produced in 2014.

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