Update--Tangguh Train-2 resumes normal operation

Oil, gas giant BP Plc said on Thursday that Tangguh LNG plant in West Papua has now been producing at optimal level.

?Following a successful turn around project, both trains at Tangguh LNG have resumed operations and are now producing at optimum rates? William Lin, Regional President BP Asia Pacific said.

Tangguh?s Train 2 had been shut down since May 2011 for scheduled maintenance. Earlier this month, Train1 was briefly shut down on electrical problems.

The Tangguh LNG plant consists of two production units, Train 1 and Train 2, each with capacity of 3.8 million tons of LNG per year. (godang)