Breakwater LNG terminal NW Australia
A breakwater will be built for the Gorgon LNG terminal in North West Australia. The breakwater will be armoured by a large number of Xbloc armour units.
22,000 Xblocs will be produced and transported to site. The production of the Xblocs is carried out by BAM Decorient, Indonesia. The Xblocs will be fabricated in the port of Cigading, Java, and loaded onto barges which will transport the Xblocs to Australia. The breakwater for the LNG terminal in NW Australia has two purposes, it is the causeway leading to the LNG jetty and it provides shelter for the tug berths.
Project Milestones
| February 2010: | Start of Xbloc® mould fabrication |
| March 2010: | Start of Xbloc® production |
Project Details
| Design significant wave height: | 6.0 m |
| Water depth: | 9 m at DWL |
| Xbloc sizes: | 1.5 and 6 m3 |
| Breakwater length: | 2.5 km |
