Gorgon Lng Terminal

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Summary Information

• Ownership:
  • Chevron (approximately 47 percent),
  • ExxonMobil (25 percent)
  • Shell (25 percent),
  • Osaka Gas (1.25 percent),
  • Tokyo Gas (one percent)
  • Chubu Electric Power Company (0.417 percent)
• Website: http://www.chevronaustralia.com/ourbusinesses/gorgon.aspx
  • List of Chevron LNG Terminals
• Location: Barrow Island
• Capacity: 15.0 million tons/annum (First three trains)
• Status: Under Construction

Brief Description

• A large three train liquifaction plant

Technical Details

• Storage capacity:
• Constructor:
  • KBR: Pre-FEED, FEED, and EPCM
  • CB&I: Structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and commissioning support for the construction of three LNG trains (with a total capacity 15 million tonnes per annum), including associated utilities and a domestic gas processing and compression plant.
  • GE will supply Three (3) Main Refrigerant Compression Trains and Six (6) Compression Trains for the carbon dioxide (C02) sequestration project
• Licensor: Air Products

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• Under construction, with completion scheduled for 2014

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers:
• Customers:
  • Kyushu Electric will receive 0.3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG from the Gorgon Project for up to 20 years beginning in 2015
  • JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation agreed to purchase of 300,000 tons per annum of the Gorgon LNG for 15 years from 2015. The LNG is for the Hachinohe LNG terminal
  • Osaka Gas Co. is to buy 1.5 mtpa
  • Petrochina is to buy 1 mta from Shell and 2.25 mta from Exxon

History

• 2005 - Gorgon project FEED awarded
• 2007 - Shell signs sales agreement with Petrochina for 1 million mtpa
• 2009 - ExxonMobil and PetroChina Announce Gorgon LNG Supply Agreement for 2.25 mtpa
• 2009 - ExxonMobil and Petronet Sign Gorgon LNG Supply Agreement for 1.5 mtpa
• 2009 - Gorgon partners commemorated the start of construction of the AUD$43 billion Gorgon natural gas project with a special ground breaking ceremony
• 2011 - JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation signs Sale and Purchase Agreement
• 2011 - CB&I awarded US$2.3 billion construction contract

Other Information

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Relevant Links

• Ground Breaking Ceremony Marks Start of Gorgon Construction
• Gorgon LNG, Australia, KBR
• KBR Joint Venture Awarded Gorgon Project EPCM Contract
• Chevron and Kyushu Electric Sign LNG Deal
• Air Products Supplying Multiple LNG Heat Exchangers for Gorgon Project
• Signing of SPA with Chevron for the purchase of the Gorgon LNG
• Signing of Heads of Agreement with Chevron Australia for the Purchase of LNG
• CB&I Awarded Gorgon Project Contract
• GE Oil & Gas Awarded $400 Million Contract for Gorgon, One of the World’s Largest Natural Gas Projects
• Energy and Natural Resource Financing for Gorgon LNG Project in Australia
• Shell and PetroChina in long term supply deal for Gorgon LNG
• ExxonMobil and PetroChina Announce Gorgon LNG Supply Agreement
• ExxonMobil and Petronet Sign Gorgon LNG Supply Agreement

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