Pandora FLNG Terminal

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Pandora 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)
Pandora FLNG Terminal	Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea	-9.476749, 144.765096 (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
Pandora FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	1 mtpa	1.0 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Pandora FLNG Terminal	export	US$1,250,000,000	US$1,250,000,000

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
Pandora FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	–	–	–	–	2019 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Pandora FLNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	Pandora LNG Joint Venture [100%]	Cott Oil and Gas [40.0%]; Kina Petroleum [25.0%]; Repsol SA [25.0%]; Santos [10.0%]	–

Background

The project was proposed by the Pandora LNG Joint Venture in June 2014. Wison was asked to produce an FLNG concept, which resulted in two possible routes: an offshore 1mtpa FLNG, and a near shore 2.5 mtpa LNG vessel with greater offshore infrastructure required.

In February 2015 a study commissioned by Cott Oil & Gas found the project commercially viable.

The project appeared to stop progressing after 2015. However, a 2021 news article indicated that Prime Minister James Marape had highlighted Pandora LNG as one of the six major resource projects the government was focused on. The project again disappeared from public discourse after this point. As such, the project is presumed to be cancelled.

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Additional data

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