Perdana, BP Send LNG From Tangguh Train 3 Facilities To PLN

The LNG Prima ship was transporting the first LNG cargo from Tangguh Train 3 to the PLN regasification facility in Arun, Aceh (doc. SKK Migas)

JAKARTA - The operator of the Tangguh facility, BP, announced that it had sent its first LNG cargo from the Tangguh Train 3 facility located in West Papua to a power plant owned by PLN. This inaugural cargo shipment marks the start of commercial operations for the Tangguh development project.

EVP Gas and Low Carbon Energy BP, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath said, with the operation of Tangguh Train 3, production capacity will increase by 3.8 million tons and make the total annual production capacity to 11.4 million tons. The first LNG cargo from Train 3 has sailed from the Tangguh refinery to the PLN regasification facility in Arun, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province on October 18.

"Tandak is an important project for bp and for Indonesia and now, Tangguh will contribute to a third of Indonesia's gas production, and will contribute significantly in responding to the need for more affordable and reliable energy. For bp, building a gas/LNG business is our strategy to transform into an integrated energy company, which invests in hydrocarbon energy systems and in new low-carbon business development," Anja said in a statement to the media, Thursday, October 19.

Head of the Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) Dwi Soetjipto said the first shipment of LNG cargo to PLN also gave a positive signal to the domestic gas absorption power that will be used to answer Indonesia's energy challenges.

With the increase in gas production capacity, Tangguh will play an important role in responding to the increasing demand for gas energy in Indonesia. Moreover, he said, the total gas production from Tangguh now reaches more than a third of the national gas production.

Tangguh is the largest LNG producer in Indonesia and production from Tangguh Train 3 will contribute greatly to achieving the national gas production target of 12 BSCFD (billion cubic foot standards per day) by 2030," said Dwi.

He added, in addition to the new LNG Train, Tangguh development projects also include construction of two offshore platforms, 13 production wells, LNG processing facilities, and other supporting infrastructure. At the top of the construction, there are more than 13,500 workers involved in the construction of the project located in this remote area and as many as 155 million working hours have been spent completing the project.

Just so you know, the Tangguh development project is the third major bp project to start operating in 2023 after the Mad Dog II project in the Gulf of Mexico, United States and the MJ field on India's eastern coast.

For information, Tangguh LNG is located in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua province. This project started operating in 2009 and currently consists of offshore gas production facilities that supply three gas liquidification trains of 3.8mtpa Tangguh each operated by BP Berau Ltd as a SKK Migas contractor representing other cooperation contractors. BP Berau Ltd has 40.22 percent ownership in this project.

Other Tough Partners are MI Berau BV (16.30 percent), CNOOC Muturi Limited (13.90 percent), Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau), Limited (12.23 percent), KG Berau Petroleum Ltd (8.56 percent), KG Wiriagar Petroleum Ltd. (1.44 percent), and Indonesia Natural Gas Resources Muturi Inc. (7.35 percent).