Adelaide-based Clarke Energy has scored a major contract to supply the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) Project in central Queensland with 19 new Jenbacher J620 gas engines for two on-site power projects.
Clarke Energy is a global company headquartered in the UK; its Australian head office was moved from Melbourne to Thebarton in 2006 from where it’s raised its profile in the energy generation sector.
The Queensland project involves the supply, installation and maintenance of 3 MW Jenbacher engines to generate a total of 57 MW of electricity at the Reedy Creek and Eurombah Creek coal seam gas (CSG) facilities currently under construction.
Once the two new power projects are completed, APLNG will have an installed fleet of 29 Jenbacher gas engines capable of producing a total of about 87 MW of power to support CSG processing activities.
Clarke Energy was awarded the Eurombah Creek and Reedy Creek projects under a temporary power services agreement, which is designed to provide the facilities with a constant power supply, using locally extracted CSG, until permanent electrical infrastructure can be installed.
The APLNG Project is a joint venture between Origin Energy, ConocoPhillips and Sinopec, and includes a plan to develop a two-train CSG-to-LNG project utilising Origin’s Queensland CSG reserves and resources.
Clarke Energy operates out of purpose-built premises in Thebarton which runs the company’s Australian and New Zealand operations.
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Clarke Energy managing director Greg Columbus said: “With the deployment of this additional 57 MW of gas engine-generated electricity, we are supporting the development of coal seam gas processing facilities in Queensland.”
Upon completion of the two projects, Australia Pacific LNG will have an installed fleet of 29 Jenbacher gas engines that will have the capacity to generate about 87 MW of energy to support coal seam gas processing activities.
