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Project development

Project Development

The Crux project will be developed to provide the primary source of backfill gas supply to the Prelude FLNG facility.

Key Components

You can view the project concept here.

There may be additional developments that will connect to Crux in the future.

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Project location

Activities relating to the development of the Crux field and surrounding reservoirs will be located in an area 30 km around the proposed platform. The project area also includes the 165 km pipeline which will connect Crux to the Prelude FLNG facility.

Project schedule

The Crux project took Final Investment Decision (FID) in May 2022.

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Project stages

The key execution stages of the project are:

  • detailed design 
  • development drilling;
  • installation of the platform;
  • installation of the export pipeline and underwater systems to the platform facilities;
  • commissioning and start-up;
  • ongoing maintenance and operations; and
  • decommissioning
crux aspects

Key project aspects

Key aspects of the project which have the potential to interact with the surrounding environment are illustrated left.

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