The contract includes intelligent tool design, fabrication, testing and baseline inspection of the Gorgon, Jansz, domestic gas and CO2 pipelines utilising a variety of technologies.

The multi-million dollar project is planned to start immediately with design of four specialised tools and baseline inspections due for completion by mid-2013.

The project will be managed out of ROSEN’s Canning Vale operating facility,

The company has almost 15 years of Western Australian experience and the project will employ 35 locally based permanent employees.

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ROSEN Australia General Manager Neil Pain said the award was the culmination of several years of discussion between ROSEN and Chevron in understanding – and pushing – the limits of high-end in-line inspection technology for challenging offshore pipelines.

“The ROSEN Group has used its extensive worldwide experience and expertise in developing inspection solutions that meet Chevron’s specification requirements, whilst at the same time utilising inspection methods that have a proven track record,” said Mr Pain.

ROSEN is the only fully operational in-line inspection facility in Australia with full project management, maintenance, field services and data evaluation capabilities.

“This will allow Chevron a fully flexible in-line inspection execution team for all technologies and all diameters,” said Mr Pain.

The Gorgon LNG Project is operated by an Australian subsidiary of Chevron and is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (approximately 47 percent), ExxonMobil (25 percent) and Shell (25 percent), Osaka Gas (1.25 percent), Tokyo Gas (one percent) and Chubu Electric Power (0.417 percent).