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PNG LNG project 2014 6.9 million tonnes of LNG per year
Large LNG Projects 2014
Yamal 16.5 million tonnes per annum
Joint venture of Novatek  60 %  , Total  20 %   and the China National Petroleum Corp.  20 %  .  Kara Sea, project ensure the year-round production and export of natural gas from Arctic reserves. 16 icebreaker tankers are dedicated to the Yamal facility.

Sabine Pass 18 million tonnes per annum
Cheniere at Sabine Pass terminal, through four trains 4.5 million tonnes per annum each.  bi-directional ability to receive and regasify foreign LNG while producing and exporting domestic supplies.
Cheniere is designing the facility to accommodate an additional two trains for a combined LNG production capacity of about 27 million tonnes per annum.

Ichthys 8.4 million tonnes per annum
A joint venture of INPEX, Total, Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.
Australia from the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin 885 kilometers  subsea pipeline to onshore. facility. Offshore facility condensate production  about 100,000 barrels per day.

Queensland Curtis 8.5 million tonnes per annum
BG Group subsidiary QGC Pty Ltd.  Australia near Gladstone. QGC-produced natural gas from the Surat Basin in southern Queensland will be transported via a 540 kilometer buried pipeline to Gladstone before transport to the liquefaction facility.

Wheatstone 8.9 million tonnes per annum two liquefaction trains
Chevron  64.14 %  , Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company  KUFPEC    13.4 %  , Apache Corporation  13 %  , Kyushu Electric Power Company  1.46 %  , PE Wheatstone Pty Ltd, part owned by TEPCO  8 %  .

Australia Pacific 9 million tonnes per annum
joint venture of Origin  37.5 %  , ConocoPhillips  37.5 %   and Sinopec  25 %   to convert Coal Seam Gas to LNG near Gladstone in a project very similar to the QCLNG project.  Surat and Bowen Basins in Queensland 530 kilometer pipeline from gas fields directly to the liquefaction on Curtis Island. The project entails two liquefaction trains with a production capacity of 4.5 million tonnes per annum cost of trains $24.7 billion.

Gorgon 15.6 million tonnes per annum
Chevron  47.3 %  , ExxonMobil  25 %  , Shell  25 %  , Osaka Gas  1.25 %  , Tokyo Gas  1 %   and Chubu Electric Power  .417 %.   Subsea gas gathering system and subsea pipelines transport gas at Gorgon and Jansz-lo fields 130 kilometers offshore to Barrow Island.

Mexico Import Terminals

Mexico is also the main source of U.S. LNG Apr 5, 2017
 Perhaps the world’s fastest growing energy market and the main arena where the U.S. stands to rapidly increases its global relevance.
Mexico has been taking in loads of U.S. LNG from Sabine Pass, the only current U.S. LNG export facility in the contiguous U.S. As of end of March, Mexico accounted for 18 of the 90 cargoes that left Sabine Pass since operations commenced in February 2016 (note: as of writing, there are about 10-12 more U.S. tankers in route to destinations).

Costa Azul LNG 14 miles (23 km) north of Ensenada, Mexico, Sempra Energy, opened May 2008, first one on West Coast of North America.

Altamira LNG near Tampico, Mexico, Shell, opened August 2006
Altamira. Altamira, Mexico's first LNG regasification facility, has a capacity of 0.6 Bcf/d and began commercial operations in 2006. In its first year of operation, Altamira imported on average 0.1 Bcf/d of LNG from Trinidad and Tobago, Qatar, Egypt, and Nigeria.

Manzanillo LNG in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, Mitsui + Korea Gas + Samsung, opened 2011

Kogas of South Korea on August 12, 2016 said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government of Yucatan in Mexico to construct an LNG import terminal and natural gas pipelines.
The LNG project, to be located in the in the port city of Progreso in Yucatan on the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to cost between US$1 billion to $1.5 billion, according to Kogas.
The world’s second-largest LNG buyer, Kogas said the LNG terminal would supply gas to the southern part of Mexico to cities such as Merida and Cancun.
Kogas plans to conduct a feasibility study before deciding whether to proceed with the LNG import project in Mexico.
 
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and then there is this: Nov 2014
Los Ramones is a Pemex project. Other pipelines are bringing more US gas from the Pacific Coast.

In southern Mexico, however, from where Martinez said the Salina Cruz liquefaction plant will be supplied, much will depend on the success of the energy reform and also on Lakach, a deepwater reservoir off the coast of Veracruz.
Pemex officials believe that Lakach and the neighboring Piklis and Kunah have some 4 Tcf of reserves.

The first stage in the development of Lakach came recently in the form of a $290-million contract for subsea production systems won by OneSubsea, a Cameron-Schlumberger joint venture.

Italy's Saipem, a unit of Eni, will link the subsea system to onshore processing installations.

Meanwhile, the Salina Cruz project could face competition, said Baker. IEnova, the Mexican unit of Sempra and owner of Costa Azul, could be particularly well-placed for exports to Asia if its opts to build a liquefaction plant.

Moreover, Baker says, Cheniere Energy's plan to liquefy 2 Bcf/d at the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant it is now building in Louisiana could reach Asian markets via the expansion of the Panama Canal.

And Shields points out that the proposed $6-billion budget for Salina Cruz appears to be very low for a plant of such dimensions. "That would seem to point to a floating terminal," he says. "If it doesn't work out commercially, it could be rented to somebody elsewhere."


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PNG LNG project 2014 6.9 million tonnes of LNG per year
Exxon expects more than 9 Tcf gas production over an estimated 30 years of operations.
Exxon starts production at PNG LNG project
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

IRVING, Texas -- Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced that the $19 bn PNG LNG project has started producing LNG in Papua New Guinea ahead of schedule.
Production from the first LNG train will increase over the coming weeks and the first cargo is expected to be shipped to Asia markets before midyear.
Work on the second train is progressing and LNG production from this unit is expected to start in the next several weeks.
The project, which is operated by ExxonMobil affiliate Exxon Mobil PNG Limited, is expected to produce more than 9 Tcf of gas over an estimated 30 years of operations.

“The PNG LNG project exemplifies Exxon Mobil’s leadership in project execution, advanced technologies and marketing capabilities,” said Neil W. Duffin, president of Exxon Mobil Development Company. “Project revenue and profitability are underpinned by long-term LNG sales contracts covering more than 95% of the plant’s capacity.”
The project is an integrated development that includes gas production and processing facilities in the Southern Highlands, Hela, Western, Gulf and Central provinces of Papua New Guinea.
Approximately 435 mi of pipeline connect the facilities, which include a gas conditioning plant and liquefaction and storage facilities with capacity of 6.9 million tonnes of LNG per year.
Flooding, minimal pre-existing infrastructure and extremely steep slopes were among obstacles that were overcome in constructing the project. Pipe had to be airlifted in some areas because the soil could not support heavy machinery and lack of infrastructure required construction of supplemental roads, communication lines and a new airfield.
“The project is optimally located to serve growing Asia markets where LNG demand is expected to rise by approximately 165% between 2010 and 2025, to 370 million tonnes per year,” said Duffin.
In addition to Exxon Mobil PNG Limited, co-venturers include Oil Search Ltd., National Petroleum Company of PNG, Santos Ltd., JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation, Mineral Resources Development Company  representing landowners   and Petromin PNG Holdings Limited.


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