GE announced the official opening of a new oil and gas facility in Broome, Western Australia, specifically designed to service subsea projects. The regional facility will support the offshore installation phase of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project, which includes local support for the preparation, storage and routine maintenance of subsea equipment supplied by GE Oil & Gas.
GE has employed a team of seven who work at the custom-built workshop facility located in the Blue Haze Industrial Estate in Broome North. The facility includes approximately 500m2 of warehouse, 120 m2 of office space and 4000 m2 of equipment hardstand area. Following a comprehensive open tender, construction was awarded to Broome-based contractor, H&M Tracey Construction, a majority Indigenous-owned company.
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Construction of the facility was completed in December 2014 and the Broome GE team has already dispatched the first equipment to support the commencement of the first well in the Ichthys field in late January. The Broome location was chosen for its proximity to the offshore operations and to complement INPEX’s existing offshore support infrastructure in Broome. INPEX also has dedicated office space at the new GE facility. The new facility will work in conjunction with GE’s established operations in Jandakot, south of Perth.
