Papua LNG Terminal Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Total
• Website:
• Location:
• Capacity: million tons/annum
• Status: (In Operation / Planned / Under Construction)

Brief Description

• The Papua LNG project of 5.4 million tons per annum (Mtpa) capacity will consist of two LNG trains of 2.7 Mtpa capacity each and will unlock over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent of natural gas resources.
• The gas production will be operated by Total and the LNG plant will be developed in synergy with ExxonMobil-operated PNG LNG project through an expansion of the existing Papua New Guinea LNG Terminal in Caution Bay.

Technical Details

• Storage capacity:
• Constructor:
• Licensor:

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• Commissioning is expected in 202X

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers: Will utilise the natural gas produced from the Elk and Antelope Gas Fields
• Customers:

History

• 2010 - Binding Heads Of Agreement contract signed
• 2011 - Agreement signed with Samsung Heavy Industries and Flexlng, to build a floating LNG terminal
• 2011 - Heads of Agreement (HOA) signed with Gunvor Singapore
• 2011 - Heads of Agreement (HOA) signed with ENN Energy Trading Company Ltd
• 2012 - PNG Cabinet Approves the Project
• 2013 - Total agrees to take a stake in the project
• 2019 - Total and Exxon signed fiscal agreement with PNG

Other Information

• The project was originally an FLNG project owned by Interoil

Links

1. Project Page
2. InterOil to Partner With Energy World to Construct a Two MTPA Land-Based LNG Plant
3. Project page From Energy World
4. Liquid Niugini Gas selects Bechtel and ConocoPhillips Technology
5. InterOil May Decide on Building PNG Gas Project as Soon as First Quarter
6. Interoil Moves Forward With Proposed 3 Mtpa Land Based Modular Lng Plant
7. FLEX LNG Executes Agreements With InterOil Corporation (InterOil), Pacific LNG Operations (Pacific LNG), Liquid Niugini Gas (LNG)
8. Pacific LNG Operations Ltd. (PACLNG), Liquid Niugini Gas (LNGL) and InterOil Corporation(IOC) Execute Agreements
9. INTEROIL AND NOBLE SIGN HEADS OF AGREEMENT ON LNG SALE
10. Costain contracted for floating LNG project
11. InterOil And Gunvor Sign Heads Of Agreement For LNG Supply
12. Pacific LNG And ENN Sign Heads of Agreement on LNG Sale
13. InterOil Extends Certain LNG Project Agreements
14. InterOil Provides Gulf LNG Project Update
15. PNG Cabinet Approves InterOil’s Gulf LNG Project
16. InterOil Confirms Continuity of The Antelope Reefal Reservoir and Extends LNG Agreements
17. InterOil Selects Total SA for PNG Gas Development
18. Total and the State of Papua New Guinea sign Gas Agreement for Papua LNG project
19. Department of Petroleum & Energy