Indonesia's Arun LNG plant near completion
By mid-1978, the first shipment of LNG from Indonesia's new Arun complex should be loaded aboard tankers. The first of 3 liquefaction trains is scheduled to go on stream then, with initial exports going to Japan. Feed gas will flow to the plant from prolific Arun field in Aceh Province in N. Sumatra. LNG plant design contemplates possible ultimate expansion to 6 trains. With the first 3 trains operating, the plant will charge 840 MMscfd of gas from the field and produce LNG at the rate of 4.8 million tons/yr (63.4 million bbl/yr). Loading facilities will fill LNG tankers at the rate of up to 5,000 tons/hr (46,000 gpm), about 12-hr loading time per 57,000-ton-capacity tanker. A 42-in. pipeline will bring Arun gas to the plant. A 16-in. line is already moving condensate from the field to the LNG plant site where it is stabilized, stored, and shipped. Initial condensate production began in mid-1977 at a rate of 15,000 bpd. Plans call for eventual production of 65,000 bpd. The initial export cargo of 250,000 bbl of condensate arrived at Mobil's Ferndale, Wash., refinery last Nov. The history of the discovery and the development of the field are given.
- OSTI ID:
- 6598548
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 76:11; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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