INPEX Bladin Point LNG Construction Project

Fyfe was involved at Bladin Point for over six years, providing both traditional and RPAS (drone) survey and aerial mapping for various site survey packages and contractors.

The Ichthys Project comprises the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin, off the north-west coast of Western Australia, a 820 kilometre offshore pipeline to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Bladin Point, south-east of of Darwin. The project has production capacity of 8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per annum, and approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.

Services included:
  • Initial green fields topography
  • Hydrographic survey
  • Construction survey services:
    • Drainage
    • Piling
    • Rock armour
    • Mangrove clearing and ASS (PASS) treatment areas
    • Environment Clearing and sacred site protection
    • Road & Hardstand construction
    • Wharf construction
    • As-built data for facilities and earthwork
    • Pavement conformance to +-3mm
  • RPAS (drone) services:
    • RPAS survey
    • Aerial inspection
    • Aerial mapping
    • Volume calculations