Gladstone Lng Terminal

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: GLNG, (Santos, Petronas, Total, Kogas)
  • Website: http://www.glng.com.au/
  • Location: Curtis Island, Gladstone, Queensland
  • Capacity: 10 million tons/annum (After 3 Trains Completed)
  • Status: Planned

Brief Description

  • A large two train LNG facility which will utilise Coal Seam Methane

Technical Details

  • Storage capacity:
  • Constructor:
    • Saipem is to build the pipeline to transport the gas from the fields to the terminal
    • Fluor Corporation was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for upstream facilities
  • Licensor: Conocophillips

History

  • May 2008 - Santos announced it had selected PETRONAS, one of the world’s largest LNG producers, to be its 40% partner
  • May 2010 - Fluor Australia was chosen as the preferred contractor for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on the upstream facilities component of the project.
  • May 2010 - Project recieves environmental approval
  • Sept 2010 - Total acquires 20% of project
  • Oct 2010 - GLNG wins Federal environmental approval
  • Dec 2010 - Kogas signs a take off agreement, and agrees to become a partner in the project
  • Jan 2011 - Final investment decision taken
  • Jan 2011 - Fluor awarded EPC contract for upstream section
  • Jun 2011 - Wood Group Wagners awarded GLNG Pipeline Project Management Contract

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

  • The final investment decision was taken in January 2011
  • The project recieved environmental approval from the Queensland State Government im May 2010
  • The first cargos are expected to be dispatched in 2015

Suppliers / Customers

  • Gas Supply:
    • The terminal will utilise coal seam gas (CSG) resources in the Bowen and Surat Basins in south-east Queensland, construction of a 420-kilometre gas transmission pipeline from the gas fields to Gladstone
    • Origin will supply GLNG with 365 petajoules (PJ) of gas or 100 terajoules (TJ) per day over 10 years at Wallumbilla, commencing in 2015. The gas will be sourced from Origin’s east coast portfolio
  • Customers
    • GLNG has a binding offtake agreement to sell up to three million tonnes of LNG per annum to PETRONAS, which underpins its first LNG train.
    • Total will have the commitment to offtake 1.5 Mt/y of LNG, depending however on the result of ongoing discussions between the GLNG project and several Asian buyers
    • KOGAS has a take off agreement for 3.5 million tons per year.

Other Information

  • Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas is a pioneering project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas, representing a major investment in a cleaner energy source for the future.
  • The Project includes
    • Drilling 2,650 wells over 25 years over 6,800sq km in the Surat and Bowen Basins
    • 435km of 42” diameter steel pipeline from Fairview gas fields to Gladstone
    • Three LNG train facility on Curtis Island with nominal capacity of 10mtpa
    • Export jetty and materials offloading facility on Curtis Island

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