Browse LNG Terminal
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Browse LNG Terminal is a proposed floating LNG terminal in Western Australia, Australia.
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Location
Project Details
- Owner:
- Parent: Woodside Petroleum, PetroChina, Shell, BP, Mitsubishi, Mitsui[1][2]
- Location: Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
- Coordinates: -17.961944, 122.236111 (approximate)
- Capacity: 12 mtpa, 1.72 bcfd
- Status: Proposed
- Type: Export
- Start Year: 2023
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Browse LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in the Dampier Peninsula, in Kimberley, Western Australia.[3]
The terminal was proposed for construction at James Price Point, 52 kilometres (32 mi) North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia.[4] The onshore project was abandoned after Australia's rising gas costs made the project unviable. In 2013 the project was to be developed as a floating LNG facility with minimal construction work to be undertaken in Australia.[5]
The Browse FLNG partners put the $30 billion Browse floating LNG project on hold in 2016.[6] In April 2019 it was reported that Woodside had revived the proposal and planned to complete the terminal by 2023.[7]
Reuters reported in 2017 about the general trend for cheaper alternatives to FLNG. FLNG were popular in the early 2010s when gas demand and prices rose, and before the US shale boom pushed down gas prices. Approximately 8.6 billion cubic feet per day of U.S. gas is estimated to enter the market by 2020. FLNGs also face massive costs of building a tanker that is a fraction of the size of onshore facilities.[8]
The International Gas Union reports Browse FLNG partners are considering smaller-scale options.[6]
While FLNG remains an option, Woodside makes the case to that bringing gas from Browse gas field and the southeastern Scarborough field into existing onshore facilities. Then expanded those facilities.[8]
As of 2017, Australia is the second largest LNG exporter after Qatar. The country exports almost 44 million tons a year.[9]
Opposition
Several Aboriginal groups claim ownership over the Dampier Peninsula including the Goolarabooloo, Jabirr Jabirr, Ngumbarl, Nimanbur, and Nyul Nyul.[10]
In 2011 the Jabirr Jabirr negotiated the Browse LNG land access agreements with the Woodside owners and the Western Australian government. The Jabirr Jabirr leaders argued that these agreements $1.5 billion worth of benefits were desperately needed for the Kimberley Aboriginal people. Goolarabooloo family oppose building the LNG and held a series of rallies alongside non Aboriginal environmentalists.[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "UPDATE 2-Mitsui, Mitsubishi to buy Australia LNG stake for $2 bln", Reuters (2012-05-01). Retrieved on 2012-12-27.
- ↑ "PetroChina to buy BHP's stake in Browse LNG project", BBC News Online (2012-12-12). Retrieved on 2012-12-27.
- ↑ Browse LNG Terminal, Wikipedia, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Browse LNG. Woodside Petroleum. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26. Retrieved on 2012-12-26.
- ↑ Woodside Petroleum Cancels Onshore L.N.G. Project in Australia. New York Times. Retrieved on 2013-06-27.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "2017 World LNG Report" International Gas Union, Accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ 10 biggest upcoming Oil & Gas developments in Australia, engineeringpro, Apr. 10, 2019
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 , Reuters, "Floating Liquefied Natural Gas production bows out as U.S. exports roil market," Reuters, March 9, 2017.
- ↑ Qatar Moves to Ensure LNG Dominance, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, April 17, 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The biggest threat to culture is not an LNG plant: the real battle for James Price Point, The Guardian, January 1, 2017.
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