Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal

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Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG export terminal in Papua New Guinea.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal	Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea	-9.478472, 147.148058 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	5 mtpa	5.0 mtpa	True	Elk and Antelope gas and condensate fields

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal	export	US$5,000,000,000	US$5,000,000,000

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	–	–	–	–	2024 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Liquid Niugini FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	Exxon Mobil Corp; Pacific LNG Operations	Exxon Mobil Corp; Pacific LNG Operations	–

Background

Liquid Niugini LNG project plans included the development of the onshore Elk and Antelope gas and condensate fields in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea. Gas produced from these fields was proposed to be liquefied by a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel and exported. The project was approved by the National Executive Council of Papua New Guinea in December 2009, and was scheduled to commence operations in 2014 with an initial capacity of 5 mtpa, split between an onshore facility and a floating plant.

The project was later referred to as Gulf LNG. In 2012, the Papua New Guinea government issued a notice of intention to cancel the LNG project agreement. This notice was revoked in August after "constructive meetings." Negotiations were to continue regarding finalizing the project specifications.

No meaningful developments occurred after 2012, and it appeared that the project was replaced by the Papua LNG Terminal. As such, the project is presumed to cancelled as of 2016.

Public opposition

In April 2012, the Papua New Guinea government called in troops over opposition from villagers to the project, after a landslide linked to a quarry that had been used by the project killed an estimated 25 people.

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