Darwin LNG Terminal
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Darwin LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Northern Territory, Australia.
Contents
Location
Project Details
- Owner:
- Parent: Conocophillips, Eni, Inpex, Santo, TEPCO, Tokyo Gas
- Location: Darwin, Wickham Point, Northern Territory, Australia
- Coordinates: -12.5221, 130.8663 (exact)
- Capacity: 3.24 mtpa, 0.46 bcfd
- Additional Proposed Capacity:
- Status: Operating
- Type: Export
- Start Year: 2006
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
The Darwin LNG Terminal is an onshore LNG terminal in Northern Territory, Australia.[1] It has one liquefaction and purification train, a 311 mile (500 kilometre) offshore facility, and a subsea pipeline from Bayu-Undan field in the East Timor Sea to Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.[2]
Construction began in June 2003. The plant was officially commissioned in January 2006. According to the company website, since 2006, an average of one cargo per week has been shipped to its Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas customers.[3]
As of 2017, Australia is the second largest LNG exporter after Qatar. The country exports almost 44 million tons a year. [4]
Expansion Plans
Darwin LNG is trying to find new sources of gas. Multiple options are being considered.[5]
According to the International Gas Union's 2017 report, because of declining natural gas feedstock, Darwin considered backfilling existing liquefaction and purification trains instead of building more expansion trains.[6] Darwin has not halted plans for train expansion. In April 2017, the company announced it would conduct a feasibility study to asses whether a second train should be added to the facility. The Northern Territory government will contribute 40% of the feasibility study cost. ConocoPhillips and upstream resource owners, Evans Shoal, Caldita-Barossa, Poseidon, Cash Maple and Bonaparte LNG Terminal's offshore facility, will fund the remaining 60%.[7]
Woodside and ConocoPhillips, operators of Australia’s two oldest LNG plants, Darwin LNG Terminal and North West Shelf LNG Terminal are considering cheaper development options for their Browse and Barossa gas fields to compete against Qatar. Qatar added to the fears of Australia’s LNG owners in July 2017 when it announced a 23 million ton-a-year increase in gas exports.[8]
ConocoPhillips owns 37.5 percent of the Barossa gas field. The company prefers Barossa gas to feed the Darwin LNG Terminal.[8]
In April 2017 Australia’s Northern Territory government set aside A$250,000 for a feasibility study into the potential expansion of the Darwin LNG plant.[9] In February 2018 it was reported that Santos was considering exporting Bonaparte Basin gas through the Darwin terminal.[10] In November 2018 it was reported that ConocoPhillips was still considering the expansion.[11]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Darwin LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ [1] ConocoPhillips Australia, accessed July 2017
- ↑ [2] ConocoPhillips Australia, accessed July 2017
- ↑ Qatar Moves to Ensure LNG Dominance, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, April 17, 2017.
- ↑ David Tollner, "David Tollner: Malcolm Turnbull and Michael Gunner need to come to arrangement on onshore gas," NT News, September 30, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World LNG Report" International Gas Union, Accessed June 20, 2017.
- ↑ Esmarie Swanepoel, "Darwin LNG expansion to be studied," April 19, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Peter Milne "Woodside’s Browse plant and ConocoPhillips to take on Qatar," The West Australian, July 13, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.lngworldnews.com/darwin-lng-train-2-study-gets-governments-support/ Darwin LNG Train 2 study gets government’s support, LNG World News, Apr. 17, 2017
- ↑ Exploration & Production of Bonaparte LNG in focus as Santos targets Asia, Interfax, Feb. 23, 2018
- ↑ Conoco Eyes Second Train At Darwin LNG, Interfax Agency, Nov. 6, 2018
