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SKK Migas aims for 2021 launch

of Tangguh LNG expansion

PROJECTS & INDONESIA’S upstream regulator SKK Migas that work of the former was 89.58% complete,
COMPANIES has said it hopes BP can bring the third train of while work on the offshore stage was 99.19%
its Tangguh LNG project on stream by the end finished.
of the year. Train 3’s onshore development involves the
SKK Migas head Dwi Sutjipto said on April construction of a 3.8mn tonne per year liquefac-
26 that the onshore component of the project tion plant, which will bring total plant capacity to
was the last hold-up and that if development is 11.4mn tpy. The project also includes an onshore
sped up then Tangguh LNG Train-3 should be gas receiving facility, LNG and condensate load-
wrapped up this year. ing berth, boil-off gas recovery, utilities, flares
“God willing, a tough project will come on and associated infrastructure.
stream at the end of this year,” Sutjipto told a vir- In the offshore, BP is establishing two offshore
tual press conference. platforms, 13 production wells, an expanded
Train 3 had been slated for completion in LNG loading facility as well as supporting
the third quarter of this year, but was pushed infrastructure.
back last year to October-December 2021 after The project, which carries an estimated price
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic drove tag of $8.9bn, is anticipated to produce 700mn
the government to implement labour restric- cubic feet (19.82mn cubic metres) per day of gas
tions. BP reduced the number of workers on the and 3,000 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate.
project from 13,000 to around 6,000 in March, Indonesia sold 46.2 standard LNG cargoes in
before slowly ramping up the numbers again. the first quarter of 2021, SKK Migas deputy head
The project consists of onshore and offshore Arief Handoko told the same briefing. Of this
components, with Sutjipto saying this week figure, 29.3 cargoes were exported.™

Petronas exports LNG in ISO tanks to China

PIPELINES & MALAYSIA’S state-owned Petronas has Petronas launched VPS in September
TRANSPORT exported its first shipment of LNG stored in ISO 2020 with the goal of delivering LNG from its
tanks to China. Pengerang regasification terminal to off-grid
The major said on April 26 that the tanks, customers using lorries fitted with cryogenic
which had been filled at its facility in Pengerang tanks. The initial goal of the scheme was to pro-
in Johor State, had safely delivered to Shanghai vide off-grid industrial users access to gas sup-
on April 23. plies. Petronas’ first delivery under the scheme
Petronas signed a spot contract for the ship- was to Continental Tyre Alor Setar Malaysia’s
ment with Tiger Gas (Hong Kong), an affiliate of manufacturing plant.
Tiger Clean Energy Ltd (TCEL). Malaysia is the world’s third-largest exporter
The spot contract builds on a long-term sale of LNG and the country is looking to expand and
and purchase agreement (SPA) that Petronas and future-proof its natural gas sector.
TCEL signed in 2020 for the supply of LNG to The central government is drafting a Natural
TCEL’s LNG ISO tank-filling facility in Bintulu, Gas Roadmap (NGR), which was expected to be
Sarawak. As part of this agreement, Petronas’ published in the first quarter of this year, with
LNG will be distributed to China using TCEL’s the goal of optimising the country’s gas resources
ISO tanks, with the first shipment sailing from while promoting consumption both at home and
the port of Bintulu to the port of Long Kou on abroad.
March 25. When announcing the NGR in December
Commenting on the Pengerang shipment, 2020, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yas-
Petronas vice-president of LNG marketing and sin said: “With 42 trillion cubic feet [1.16 tril-
trading Shamsairi M Ibrahim said: “This inau- lion cubic metres], Malaysia is blessed with the
gural LNG ISO tank export from Peninsular second-largest proven natural gas reserves in
Malaysia is an innovative solution that ena- ASEAN. To meet the rising demand for clean
bles LNG to reach off-grid customers, not only energy, Malaysia’s indigenous gas produc-
domestically but also internationally, extending tion, supplemented by regasification facilities,
the reach of our Virtual Pipeline System [VPS] ensures security of supply for long-term energy
offering that we have started since late last year.” sustainability.”™

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