Four firms get Tangguh LNG diverted from Sempra

By Godang Sitompul

Upstream authority BPMIGAS said four companies from three countries will get some cargoes of LNG from the Tangguh LNG plant in West Papua which have been diverted from original buyer US-based Sempra Energy.

?The four are Petronas (Malaysia), Tepco (Japan), Kogas and SK Korea (South Korea),? Head of Oil and Gas Monetization Unit at BPMIGAS Popi Ahmad Nafis told petromindo.com.

Popi did not mention the LNG volume, but said that BPMIGAS decided to allow the four firms to become the buyers considering that domestic needs of LNG have been fulfilled. Popi refused to elaborate further.

Tangguh LNG has long-term contract to sell 3.7 million tons per annum of LNG to Sempra. But earlier this year, BP Plc, the operator of Tangguh LNG project in west Papua, and Sempra had reached an agreement that allows the former to divert 54 cargoes out of 60 cargoes intended to be shipped this year to Sempra?s Costa Azul LNG receiving terminal in Mexico.

Editing by Dadan Wijaksana