Project Venezuela LNG Terminal

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Project Venezuela LNG Terminal, also known as Cristobal Colon Project, PVLNG, Proyecto de Terminal de GNL Venezuela, and Proyecto de Terminal de GNL Venezuela, is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG export terminal in Venezuela.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Project Venezuela LNG Terminal Venezuela[1][2] 10.302279, -63.331569 (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
Project Venezuela LNG Terminal export[1][2] cancelled (inferred 4 y) 4 mtpa[1][2] 4.0 mtpa False

Table 3: Cost

Name Facility type Cost Total known terminal costs
Project Venezuela LNG Terminal export[1][2] US$2,000,000,000[1][2] US$2,000,000,000

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
Project Venezuela LNG Terminal export[1][2] cancelled (inferred 4 y) 2004 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name Facility type Status Owners Parent companies Operator
Project Venezuela LNG Terminal export[1][2] cancelled (inferred 4 y) Exxon Mobil Corp; Petróleos de Venezuela SA; Shell PLC; Mitsubishi Corp[1][2][1][2][1][2][1][2] Exxon Mobil Corp; Mitsubishi Corp; Petróleos de Venezuela SA; Shell PLC

Background

In April of 2000, Venezuela's LNG export project was announced in a scaled-down version. Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), Royal Dutch/Shell, ExxonMobil Corp., and Mitsubishi Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a $2 billion LNG project in northeastern Venezuela. The project would have been known as Project Venezuela Liquefied Natural Gas (PVLNG) and would have a production capacity of about 4 million tonnes/ year. The venture was a downsized version of the so-called Cristobal Colon project, which involved the same four partners (but just Exxon Corp. prior to its acquisition of Mobil Corp.). That project called for an investment of more than $5 billion.[3]

It is presumed to be cancelled, with no updates reported since 2000.

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20241103054805/https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/companies/article/17215982/venezuelan-lng-export-project-back-on-track. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-98/issue-14/in-this-issue/gas-processing/venezuelan-lng-export-project-back-on-track.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "VENEZUELAN LNG EXPORT PROJECT BACK ON TRACK" Oil & Gas Journal, accessed April 2019