Baker Hughes Wins Big Down Under

Baker Hughes has entered into a new 10-year services frame agreement with Woodside Energy to support its liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in Australia. Baker Hughes will provide spare parts and field service resources for onsite turbomachinery equipment maintenance and upgrades, equipment refurbishment, and advanced digital asset performance services.

Wood Energy’s Australian LNG operations include more than a dozen active projects, and others that are currently in execution phase. For example, Woodside Energy’s Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 projects achieved a positive final investment decision and are each targeting first LNG cargo in 2026.

This latest agreement builds on the strategic partnership between Baker Hughes and Woodside Energy in the LNG sector that first started in 1989 and has since included collaboration on multiple projects. In 2021, Baker Hughes was awarded the supply of high-efficiency gas turbine and compressor technology for Woodside Energy’s Pluto LNG Train 2 project in Western Australia, which serves Woodside Energy’s Scarborough offshore gas project and provides LNG exports to countries across Asia.

Pluto LNG processes gas from the offshore Pluto and Xena gas fields in Western Australia. Gas is piped through a 112-mile (180-km) trunkline to a single onshore LNG-processing train. Pluto LNG is underpinned by long-term sales agreements with Kansai Electric and Tokyo Gas, which each hold a 5% interest in the project.

Woodside Energy is developing a brownfield expansion of Pluto LNG through the construction of a second gas processing train. Pluto Train 2 would have a capacity of about 5 MTPA. The project follows the completion of the Pluto–KGP Interconnector, a pipeline connecting Pluto LNG and the Karratha Gas Plant. The infrastructure allows the transfer of gas between the plants to optimize production across both facilities and enable future development of additional gas reserves.

“Given the essential role of LNG in supporting global energy security with affordable and reliable natural gas supplies, we recognize the criticality of providing ongoing innovations and enhancements to LNG technology solutions for Woodside Energy,” said Tiffany Pitts, vice president of gas technology services, IET at Baker Hughes. “The stability of LNG must be met with a commitment to proactively advance safety and efficiency, while investing in asset health management to drive more intelligent operations. We are proud to support Woodside Energy and look forward to progressing our fruitful collaboration well into the future.”