Tangguh Train 2 shut down for maintenance

By Godang Sitompul

The Train 2 facility of the Tangguh LNG plant in West Papua has been shut down for 36 days since April 15, 2013 for maintenance works, according to upstream authority SKK Migas.

?It is a routine maintenance. It has been communicated to customers,? Agus Budiyanto, Head of Communication and Protocol Sub-section at SKK Migas? Secretariat, said on Wednesday, without specify the customers.

He noted that the Train 1 facility is running normally, which means LNG supplies under the swap mechanism with state owned fertilizer PT Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) in Aceh continues as normal.

Under the swap mechanism, Arun LNG facility in Aceh will allocate LNG already committed to South Korean buyer, Kogas, to PIM, but in return Tangguh LNG will supply Kogas the same volume of LNG. The swap deal was made because PIM does not have LNG receiving terminal to facilitate the LNG delivery from Tangguh. Arun will deliver the gas for PIM via pipeline.

Under the swap deal signed last month, PIM will get five cargoes of LNG from Tangguh.

Editing by Godang Sitompul