Japanese gas company Inpex and its French partner Total have confirmed they will go ahead with their planned $33 billion Ichthys gas project
in Darwin and off the coast of Western Australia.
The Northern Territory Government estimates that several thousand workers will be needed to build the Darwin plant, which will process natural gas piped about 800 kilometres from the Browse Basin off Western Australia's Kimberley coast.
Preliminary works on the Blaydin Point gas processing plant in Darwin Harbour and a worker's camp in the city's rural area is expected to begin within weeks.
The camp will be able to house up to 2,800 workers.
Read more on the story here .
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-1...n§ion=news
in Darwin and off the coast of Western Australia.
The Northern Territory Government estimates that several thousand workers will be needed to build the Darwin plant, which will process natural gas piped about 800 kilometres from the Browse Basin off Western Australia's Kimberley coast.
Preliminary works on the Blaydin Point gas processing plant in Darwin Harbour and a worker's camp in the city's rural area is expected to begin within weeks.
The camp will be able to house up to 2,800 workers.
Read more on the story here .
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-1...n§ion=news
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