Project Profile
Location: Teluk Bintuni, Papua Province, Republic of Indonesia
Total plant capacity: 11.4 million tonne/year (after expansion)
Start-up year: 2009
The Tangguh gas fields, situated near the Bintuni Bay region of West Papua province, were discovered by ARCO Exploration in the mid-1990s. Called \'Tangguh\' after the Indonesian word for \'resilient\', the reserves are estimated to be over 18.3 trillion square feet. The LNG processing plant will initially consist of two ‘trains’ (the units that purify and liquefy gas), producing at least 7.6 million metric tons of LNG a year. Other facilities at the site includes storage tanks, an LNG tanker loading terminal, as well as maintenance facilities, offices and a personnel accommodation complex. In April 2003, a contractor consortium of Kellogg, Brown and Root, JGC Corporation and PT Pertafenikki Engineering (KJP) was selected for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. Babo was selected as the base camp area for the project and accordingly the airstrip and landing jetty were refurbished. K Power uses the LNG to supply its power plant, located in Gwang Yang, South Korea. In addition, Sempra Energy LNG Corporation signed a deal for a 20-year supply of LNG in early 2004 for markets in the US and Mexico.
The Final Investment Decision (FID) has been approved for the development of the Tangguh Expansion Project in the Papua Barat Province of Indonesia. The Tangguh Expansion Project will add a third LNG process train (Train 3) and 3.8 million tons per annum (mtpa) of production capacity to the existing facility, bringing total plant capacity to 11.4 mtpa. The project also includes two offshore platforms, 13 new production wells, an expanded LNG loading facility, and supporting infrastructure. (July, 2016)
Operators:
BP Indonesia: Operator with 40.22 % interest
MI Berau B.V: 16.3% interest
CNOOC Ltd.: 13.90% interest
Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau) Ltd.: 12.23% interest
KG Berau/KG Wiriagar: 10% interest
(KG Berau Petroleum Ltd 8.56% & KG Wiriagar Overseas Ltd. 1.44%)
Indonesia Natural Gas Resources Muturi Inc: 7.35% interest
Talisman Wiriagar Overseas Ltd.: 3.06% interest
Contractors:
Consortium for EPC contract:
KBR
JGC Corporation
PT Pertafenikki Engineering (KJP)
Babo: Airstrip and landing jetty refurbishment
ISS: Support services contract
Off-take companies:
K Power
Sempra Energy
POSCO
Fujian LNG project in China
onshore Front End Engineering and Design (FEED):
- PT. Tripatra Engineers and Constructors, PT. Tripatra Engineering, PT. Chiyoda International Indonesia, PT. Saipem Indonesia, PT. Suluh Ardhi Engineering and Chiyoda Corporation Consortium.
- PT. Rekayasa Industri, JGC Corporation, PT. KBR Indonesia and PT. JGC Indonesia Consortium.
Saipem: two contracts for onshore and offshore work in Indonesia on the Tangguh LNG expansion project
- EPCI of offshore facilities, consisting of two unmanned platforms and subsea pipelines
- to contribute to local content enhancement, including through its own Karimun fabrication yard (August, 2016)
CSTS (joint operation between Tripatra with Chiyoda, Saipem and Suluh Ardhi Engineering):
- contract for the construction of an onshore LNG process train with a liquefaction capacity of 3.8 million tons per annum, utilities, offsites, an LNG jetty and associated infrastructure (August, 2016)
Sub-contractors:
McConnell Dowell: Tangguh LNG development contract