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2019-07-20 12:20:00

AUSTRALIA'S LNG EXPORT UP TO 11.4 BCFD

AUSTRALIA'S LNG EXPORT UP TO 11.4 BCFD

Australia LNG export capacity 2005 - 2019

U.S. EIA - The June 2019 production and shipment of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export cargo from the Prelude Floating LNG (FLNG) barge, located offshore northwestern Australia, signified an important milestone for Australia's LNG export industry. Prelude FLNG was the last of eight new LNG export projects developed in Australia during the past ten years as part of a massive LNG export capacity buildout that cost an estimated US $200 billion. Between 2012 and 2018, Australia's LNG export capacity increased from 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) to more than 11.4 Bcf/d, making it the world's largest, overtaking Qatar's capacity of 10.1 Bcf/d.

Australia is on track to become world's largest LNG exporter this year, according to projections by the Australia's Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DIIS), once the newly commissioned projects ramp up and operate at full capacity. In November and December 2018, Australia briefly overtook Qatar as the world's largest LNG exporter, according to DIIS. DIIS forecasts that Australian LNG exports will grow to 10.8 Bcf/d in 2019–2021, once the recently commissioned Wheatstone, Ichthys, and Prelude projects ramp up to full production.

Starting in 2012, five LNG export projects were developed in northwestern Australia:

  • Pluto (0.6 Bcf/d capacity)
  • Gorgon (three liquefaction units (or trains), combined capacity 2.1 Bcf/d)
  • Wheatstone (two trains, combined capacity 1.2 Bcf/d)
  • Ichthys (two trains, combined capacity 1.2 Bcf/d)
  • Offshore Prelude FLNG (0.5 Bcf/d capacity)

The total LNG export capacity in northwestern Australia is now 8.1 Bcf/d. In 2015–16, three LNG export projects were completed in eastern Australia on Curtis Island in Queensland—Queensland Curtis, Gladstone, and Australia Pacific—with a combined nameplate capacity of 3.3 Bcf/d. All three projects in eastern Australia use natural gas from coalbed methane (CBM) as a feedstock to produce LNG.

In the past several years, Australian natural gas markets in the eastern and southeastern states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania have been experiencing natural gas shortages and increasing prices. Because CBM production at some LNG export facilities in Queensland was insufficient to meet export commitments, project developers were supplementing their own production with natural gas purchased from the domestic market. In addition, Australian western and eastern natural gas and electricity markets are not interconnected, so natural gas produced in the Northwest cannot be shipped to demand centers in the eastern states, where most of the Australian population lives. During the past few years, the Australian government has implemented several initiatives to address these challenges.

Several private companies proposed to develop LNG import terminals in eastern Australia to mitigate potential natural gas supply shortfall expected in the coming years. Currently, five proposed LNG import projects are in various stages of development. Of these projects, Port Kembla LNG (proposed import capacity of 0.26 Bcf/d) is in the most advanced stage; it has secured the required siting permits and an offtake contract with Australian customers. This project will use a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), Höegh Gallion, starting in January 2021.

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