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Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Oil and Gas
Executive Agency in Indonesia approved recently in principle
the plan of further development for the expansion of the Tangguh
liquefied natural gas project, operated by Bp Co., in papua Barat
province in eastern Indonesia. The planned expansion will be built
on the established operation of the two existing liquefaction trains at
the Tangguh LNG site. Train 3 is expected to add 3.8 million tons per
year liquefaction capacity to Tangguh, bringing total project capacity
to 11.4 million tons/year.
Chevron Corp. reported recently that a fourth train will be
constructed as part of the Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island,
Western Australia. Geryon field, discovered in 2001, and Chandon
field, discovered in 2006, will supply the new 5.2 million tons/
year capacity LNG train. This will bring the Gorgon project output
capacity to 20.8 million tons/year.
Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group (JAMG) announced in July
that it started up a 300,000 cubic meters/day liquefied natural gas
plant at Jincheng in Shanxi province. A second phase with a capacity
of 600,000 cubic meters/day was also planned. However, the actual
construction schedule has not yet been determined. The plant uses
coal bed methane produced by its block in Qinshui basin, also in
Shanxi province, as feedstock.
Royal Dutch Shell along with Asian partners Mitsubishi
Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation and Korea Gas
Corporation officially launched the liquefied natural gas terminal
project in Western Canada, near Kitimat. The project, which is
expected to come online by the end of 2020, involves the design,
construction and operation of a gas liquefaction unit as well as LNG
facilities for storage, export and marine off-loading facilities and
