Origin Energy has confirmed that first LNG shipment from the Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (APLNG) project has departed Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland, to Kansai Electric Power Company bound for Japan.
The LNG Fukurokuju was built to fulfil the power company’s contract with Australia Pacific LNG signed in 2012.
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Under the sales and purchase agreement, Kansai will receive about one million tonnes of LNG each year for a period of 20 years.
Australia Pacific LNG CEO Page Maxson said: “The departure of Kansai Electric’s first cargo under the SPA represents another significant milestone in Australia Pacific LNG’s history and highlights the strong partnership between our two companies.
“This shipment to Kansai Electric marks the 27th shipment by Australia Pacific LNG since exports began.”
The company expects to deliver the first cargo from Train 2 by the end of this year.
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By GlobalDataFormed in October 2008, Australia Pacific LNG is a joint venture between Origin (37.5%), ConocoPhillips (37.5%) and Sinopec (25%) and produces natural gas in eastern Australia.
APLNG includes the development of the company’s coal seam gas resources in the Surat and Bowen Basins, a transmission pipeline that stretches 530km, and a multi-train LNG facility on Curtis Island.
It is one of three LNG plants on the east coast of Australia to become operational over the past year.
Once both of its two production trains are operational completely, APLNG will have a design capacity of nine million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG.
Image: APLNG is a JV project between ConocoPhillips, Origin Energy, and Sinopec. Photo: courtesy of Origin Energy Limited.
