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TotalEnergies awards FEED deal to Technip

Energies, Clough for Papua LNG

CONTRACTS TOTALENERGIES has awarded a front-end now and 2027, each with a capacity of 2.7mn
engineering design (FEED) contract to Clough tonnes per year (tpy). These trains will be sup-
and Technip Energies for upstream facilities at plied with gas from Elk and Antelope via a 320-
its Papua LNG project in Papua New Guinea, the km pipeline. The project will complement output
two contractors reported on August 22. at ExxonMobil’s existing PNG LNG plant, nearly
The upstream facilities would be used to doubling overall production capability.
develop the Elk and Antelope onshore gas fields, “We are very proud to be entrusted by
and include well pads and a central processing TotalEnergies for this strategic development
facility, Clough and Technip Energies said. They which will feed the future Papua LNG trains,”
will also study the development of a carbon cap- Loic Chapuis, vice president for gas and low car-
ture and sequestration (CCS) facility to remove bon energies at Technip Energies, commented.
CO2 from the gas that is extracted and reinject it “Leveraging our expertise designing gas units,
into reservoirs. integrating technologies and managing CO2
TotalEnergies said last month it would initiate as well as our experience delivering large-scale
the first phase of FEED work for Papua LNG’s projects, we are committed to make this project
upstream facilities. It is also undertaking stud- a reference in the industry.”
ies for its downstream facilities, with the aim of “I am pleased for Clough to be part of another
launching integrated FEED work in the fourth important and exciting project supporting our
quarter of 2022. The French firm said last month communities in Papua New Guinea,” John Gal-
that the project was on track for a final invest- vin, vice president for APAC at Clough, added.
ment decision (FID) at the end of 2023, and was “Our strong history of working in Papua New
expected to yield its first gas at the end of 2027. Guinea combined with our diverse engineering
The oil major got a greenlight from the Papua capabilities stand us in good stead for the deliv-
New Guinea government to proceed with Papua ery of the continuing scope of work which we
LNG’s development last year. The plan is to build will endeavour to be awarded.”™
two LNG production trains at the site between

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