Tangguh LNG stops production

LNG production from BP-operated Tangguh LNG in West Papua came to complete halt on Tuesday after the plant?s Train 1 shut down since Tuesday on electrical failure, an official with upstream oil, gas authority BPMIGAS said.

Spokesperson Elan Biantoro told Petromindo.Com on Thursday that production loss at Tangguh is around 900 MMCFD.

Tangguh?s Train 2 had been shut down since May 2011 on scheduled maintenance.

Elan said that the repairs on Train 1 will take several days and the unit was expected to resume normal operations ?soon?.

Elan said the shut down was not expected to cause shipment delay to buyers.

The Tangguh LNG plant consists of two production units, each with capacity of 3.8 million tons of LNG per year.

BP started the first production unit, Train 1, in February 2009 and the second, Train 2, in July 2009.

BP is the operator of the Tangguh field, holding a 37.16 percent stake in the project. Other partners are MI Berau B.V. (16.3 percent), China-based CNOOC (13.9 percent), Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau) (12.23 percent), KG Berau/KG Wiriagar (10 percent), LNG Japan Corporation (7.35 percent) and Australia-based Talisman (3.06 percent). (godang)