Supermajor underlines benefits of collaboration on turnarounds

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US SUPERMAJOR Chevron has reminded its fellow liquefied natural gas operators in Western Australia about the benefits of collaborating on plant turnarounds, writes Russell Searancke. Turnarounds are the process of shutting down a plant for inspection and potential maintenance. They are understood to be very expensive exercises that compete for contractors and specialised equipment. Chevron Australia's general manager for major capital projects, Jeff Schmoll, says turnarounds are "extremely labour- and equipment-intensive and happen on continuous rotation across 12 LNG trains in Western Australia and the Northern Territory". It is understood those 12 trains comprise five at the North West Shelf development, one at Pluto, three at Gorgon, two at Wheat-stone and one at Prelude.