Darwin LNG Terminal

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Conocophillips, Eni, Inpex, Santo, TEPCO, Tokyo Gas
  • Website: Darwin LNG
  • Location: Darwin, Australia
  • Capacity: 3.24 million tons/annum
  • Status: In Operation

+++ Brief Description

  • A single train onshore LNG facility, 500 kilometre subsea pipeline and offshore production facilities

+++ Technical Details

  • Storage capacity: A single Tank of 188,000 M3
  • Constructor: Bechtel
  • Licensor: Conocophillips


+++ Ongoing Projects/Project Status

  • The partners intend to expand the facility

+++ Suppliers / Customers

* Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas individually manage transport of LNG from Darwin to Japan


+++ History

  • 2003 - TEPCO and Tokyo Gas become partners
  • 2003 - Construction of the Darwin Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant began
  • 2004 - Bayu Undan Gas Field commissioned
  • 2005 - Inpex signs Sales and Purchase Agreement
  • 2006 - The plant was commissioned and LNG sales commenced


+++ Other Information

  • The Darwin LNG facility has a single tank for LNG storage with a working capacity of 188,000 cubic metres
  • The Darwin LNG plant uses the ConocoPhillips Optimised Cascade® Process as the basis for its LNG technology
  • Bechtel was responsible for Engineering, procurement, construction, startup, and initial operation

+++ Relevant Links

  1. Darwin LNG Project, Hydrocarbons Technology
  2. Darwin LNG Project, Bechtel
  3. Darwin Lng, Tokyo Gas
  4. Execution of LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement of Bayu-Undan
  5. Eni: start up production from Bayu-Undan field located between East Timor and Australia
  6. Official Participation in the Darwin LNG Project