Atlantic LNG's
Train 4 starts production
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, June 5 2006
Atlantic LNG Co. of Trinidad & Tobago has begun LNG production from
its $1.2 billion Train 4 at Point Fortin, Trinidad. The plant,
commissioned earlier this year, has been transferred to Atlantic LNG 4
following a performance test by Bechtel Corp., which handled
engineering and construction.
Train 4 has production capacities of 5.2 million tonnes/year of LNG and
12,000 b/d of natural gas liquids, increasing Trinidad and Tobago's
total LNG capacity to 15 million tonnes/year (OGJ, Feb. 27, 2006,
Newsletter).
Atlantic LNG owners are BP (Barbados) Holding SRL, 37.78%; BG Trinidad
LNG Ltd., 28.89%; Repsol YPF SA, 22.22%; and NGC LNG (Train 4) Ltd.,
11.11%.
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BP in Trinidad and
Tobago operating in since 1961
BP has been operating in Trinidad and Tobago since 1961. We are the
largest
energy company in Trinidad and Tobago and the largest single foreign
investor
in the country. In 2003, when Atlantic LNG Trains 2 and 3 and Atlas
Methanol
are fully operational, BP's gas production is expected to increase to
ca.
2 bcf/d from 1.2 bcf/d in 2002. Liquids production in 2002 was ca.
67,000
b/d.
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Atlantic LNG Expansion:
Trains 2 & 3 (ALNG operated) 2002
BP Working Interest: 42.5%
Trinidad LNG Trains 2 and 3 are each designed to produce 3.3 million
tpa (tonnes per annum) of LNG from approximately 0.6 bcf/d of inlet
gas,
and use the same technology as the existing Train 1. The LNG is sold to
Spain and the US.
BP will supply 62.5% of the gas to Trains 2 and 3. Train 2 has
been
in operation since August 2002 and Train 3 is planned to start-up in
mid
2003.
BP and its Partners are currently discussing with the government of
Trinidad and Tobago a potential fourth LNG Train.
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Bombax Pipeline
Project (BP operated) BP Working interest: 100% 2002
The Bombax pipeline is a 48" offshore pipeline which is designed to
deliver gas to Trinidad's east coast from BP's gas fields offshore SE
Trinidad. It is BP’s largest diameter marine pipeline worldwide and one
of the largest in the world. Existing onshore pipelines take the gas to
the LNG plants at Point Fortin on the west coast. Combined with the
Kapok/Cassia B Hub, Bombax creates an optimal infrastructure for future
gas demand growth for Trains 2 and 3 and with planned capability to
expand up to 5 bcf/d. All construction activity is complete and
pipelines are commissioned, ready for first gas in 2003.
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Atlas Methanol Plant
5,000 tpd (tonnes per day)
(partner operated) BP Working interest: 36.9%
The Atlas plant is a 5,000 tpd (tonnes per day) facility on Trinidad's
west coast, using technology that is expected to produce methanol at a
cost ca. 30% lower than the best existing facilities in the world.
BP will supply 100% of the 160 mmcf/d gas feedstock requirement when
Atlas starts up, currently expected by early 2004.
The second SPA will be for the supply of LNG to the proposed
LNG import
terminal at Brindisi in Italy which is being developed by BG Group and
ENEL. This supply arrangement is expected to begin approximately one
year
after Train 2 commercial operations start.
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LNG purchase by BG
Gas Marketing supply to BG LNG Services for Lake Charles
LNG to be purchased by BG Gas Marketing under the first SPA is intended
to be supplied to BG LNG Services for the Lake Charles LNG import
terminal in Louisiana, USA. This SPA will initially cover the
entire output of ELNG Train 2 but will provide for volumes to be
switched to Brindisi as outlined below.
Martin Houston, BG Group Executive Vice-President said:
"These
agreements will advance Egyptian LNG to the next stage of its
development
and open up new export markets. Egypt is rapidly emerging as a
global
liquefied natural gas player and is set to become, in 2006, the world's
seventh largest LNG exporter and the fourth largest in the Atlantic
Basin.
The fast track development and ability to secure gas markets is a major
achievement for BG Group, its partners and the Government of
Egypt."
The Sapphire field in the BG-operated West Delta Deep Marine
(WDDM)
Concession, offshore the Nile Delta, will supply the gas for Train 2.
Award
of the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC)
contract for the development of the Sapphire field is expected in July
2003.
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Trinidad and Tobago enjoys prime access to Atlantic LNG markets, an
advantaged
infrastructure position and a proven record of exploration and
delivery.
BP aims to continue building on its integrated position through
development
of our gas reserves, and a continued supply to LNG markets.
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Kapok Field
Development
(BP operated) BP Working Interest: 100%
Water depth:
75m
Kapok is an offshore gas project forming part of an integrated upstream
development to increase BP's gas supply capability as ALNG Trains 2 and
3 and the Atlas Methanol Plant are brought on stream. It also provides
for potential further expansion of ALNG beyond Trains 2 and 3. The
Kapok
field is planned to be developed via a normally unmanned satellite
platform
to a new Central Processing Unit or Hub (Cassia B). Peak Production is
expected to be around 1 bcf/d, though the Cassia B Hub is being
designed
to have the ability to process 1.6 bcf/d of gas and 50,000 b/d liquids,
making it one of the largest of its kind in the world. This will
maximise
value by enabling future developments to be tied in to the Cassia B Hub
at a lower incremental cost, optimising the capital efficiency of
developing
our large gas resources in Trinidad. The Kapok Project is due to
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