Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline
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The Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Papua New Guinea.[1]
Location
The proposed pipeline would run from the Elk and Antelope gas fields in the Gulf Province to the Papua LNG Terminal in Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: TotalEnergies[1]
- Owner: TotalEnergies (37.55%), ExxonMobil (37.04%), Santos Limited (22.83%), JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (2.58%), Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (back-in right of up to 20.5%), MRDC (back-in right of up to 2%)[2]
- Parent company: TotalEnergies (37.55%), ExxonMobil (37.04%), Santos Limited (22.83%), ENEOS Holdings (2.58%), Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (back-in right of up to 20.5%), Government of Papua New Guinea (back-in right of up to 2%)[2]
- Capacity: 5.6 mtpa[3]
- Length: 320 kilometers[4]
- Status: Proposed
- Start year: 2027 - 2028[5]
- Associated infrastructure: Papua LNG Terminal
Background
In March 2023, following pre-FEED studies that began in mid-2022, TotalEnergies launched the fully integrated front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage for the proposed Papua LNG project, that includes the Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline.[4] A final investment decision (FID) for the Papua LNG project was expected between late 2023 and early 2024.[4] Construction was slated to begin in 2024.[4] Gas from the Elk and Antelope fields will be transported via the 320-km Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline to the Papua LNG Terminal in Caution Bay.[4][5] To integrate the Papua LNG and PNG LNG projects, TotalEnergies announced that it will join the PNG LNG project through an agreement with JX Nippon after a Kumul Petroleum Holdings back-in right.[4]
In April 2024, TotalEnergies delayed taking FID for a year after the engineering, procurement and construction price quotes were too high. In July 2025, it was reported that an FID by the end of the year was unlikely.[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Papua New Guinea: Total and the Government of Papua New Guinea confirm the remobilization and the planning of the Papua LNG project". TotalEnergies.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Papua LNG - Partners". Papua LNG. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Project - Papua LNG". Papua LNG Project. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Wilkinson, Rick (March 7, 2023). "TotalEnergies launches integrated FEED for Papua LNG project". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Papua LNG Project". NS Energy. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Frustrations build as TotalEnergies tries to progess Papua LNG". upstreamonline.com. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
