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Shell starts gas production at Colibri

PROJECTS & SUPER-MAJOR Shell said on March 31 that fields. Shell is a key shareholder in Atlantic LNG,
COMPANIES one of its affiliates had launched the Colibri as it owns a 46% stake in the facility’s Train 1, a
project, which targets a natural gas field that 57.5% stake in Train 2, a 57.5% stake in Train 3
straddles two licence areas offshore Trinidad and a 51.11% stake in Train 4. (Train 1 is cur-
and Tobago. rently idle.)
In a statement, the multi-national said that Wael Sawan, Shell’s director of integrated
Shell Trinidad and Tobago – itself owned by gas, renewable and energy solutions, expressed
BG International, a subsidiary of Shell – had satisfaction with the successful launch of the
started extracting gas from Block 22 and the Colibri project. “I am proud of the team in Trin-
Production from Colibri NCMA-4 section of the North Coast Marine idad and Tobago for their commitment to safely
will be delivered to Area (NCMA). Production operations began on delivering this project on time,” he commented.
Trinidad and Tobago’s March 30, it reported. “This reinforces the delivery of Shell’s Powering
domestic gas market Shell described Colibri as a backfill pro- Progress strategy in-country, as we seek to pro-
and also to the Atlantic ject that was likely to yield 174mn cubic feet vide more and cleaner energy solutions globally.
LNG plant. (4.927mn cubic metres) per day of gas in the near Colibri, along with other development projects,
term, rising later to a peak of 250 mmcf (7.08 will see natural gas going into both the domestic
mcm) per day. Gas is being extracted via a series petrochemical markets and into LNG exports, in
of four subsea wells, all of which are connected line with the energy ambitions of Trinidad and
via subsea tiebacks to the Poinsettia platform at Tobago.”
the NCMA block. Shell Trinidad and Tobago is developing the
Production from Colibri will be delivered to Block 22 and NCMA licence areas jointly with
Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic gas market and the national oil company (NOC) Heritage Petro-
also to the Atlantic LNG plant, along with out- leum Co. Ltd. Heritage has a 10% stake in Block
put from Barracuda, Matapal and other offshore 22 and a 20% stake in NCMA.™

Tellurian starts construction

on Driftwood LNG

PROJECTS & US-BASED Tellurian announced on March required for construction and operation, Tellu-
COMPANIES 28 that it had kicked off construction on its rian said, and has progressed detailed engineer-
Driftwood LNG terminal on Louisiana’s Gulf ing to around 30% complete.
Coast. The company had previously said it would
The company has issued engineering, pro- begin construction of the project in April –
curement and construction (EPC) contractor noting that this could begin before financing
Bechtel with a limited notice to proceed. Bech- for the facility had been finalised. This has now
tel’s first activities will include demolition, civil been confirmed to be the case. A slightly earli-
site preparation and construction of critical er-than-expected start to construction comes as
foundations. Baker Hughes will manufacture Europe seeks to urgently reduce its dependence
two of the natural gas turbines required for Drift- on Russian gas, with US LNG considered a sig-
wood’s first phase. nificant alternative.
Tellurian said Phase One would include “Energy security is a leading concern in many
two LNG plants with a capacity of up to 11mn countries today and the United States must do
tonnes per year (tpy). Each plant is expected to our part to supply LNG to the global market as
have up to four liquefaction trains. When fully quickly as possible,” stated Tellurian’s president
built, Driftwood is expected to have a capacity and CEO, Octávio Simões. “Beginning con-
of 27.6mn tpy. struction now allows Tellurian to deliver upon
Offtake agreements with Gunvor, Vitol and our robust schedule for first LNG in 2026 while
Shell were finalised last year, covering a com- we complete the project financing. We are well
bined 9mn tpy of Driftwood’s output. Tellurian advanced in Driftwood LNG’s detailed engineer-
deemed this to be enough to proceed with the ing and major equipment orders, and we have
first phase of the project. completed all the owners’ projects required for
Driftwood has received all the major permits us to turn the site over to Bechtel.”™

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