Pluto LNG

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Pluto LNG
Location
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Pluto LNG
Location Burrup Peninsula
StateWestern Australia
Coordinates 20°36′36″S116°46′32″E / 20.610076725443772°S 116.77545479576584°E / -20.610076725443772; 116.77545479576584
Production
Products LNG
Condensate
Pipeline Gas
Owner
Company Woodside Energy (90%)
Kansai Electric (5%)
MidOcean Energy (5%)

Pluto LNG is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant operated by Woodside Energy on the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia. [1]

The Pluto gas field was discovered in April 2005, government approvals for development were obtained in 2007 and the facility began producing LNG in 2012. [2]

The facility has a single 5.9 Mtpa (million tonnes per annum) LNG train, small 25 TJ per day pipeline gas export facility [3] and an LNG truck loading facility. [1] Gas is supplied by the Pluto A platform, located 174 kilometres (108 mi) north-west of Karratha in 85 metres (279 ft) of water. [1]

A second ~5 Mpta train and 225 TJ per day pipeline gas export facility were approved for construction at the site in 2021 as part of development of the Scarborough gas field. [4] The first LNG produced from Scarborough is expected in 2026. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pluto LNG - Woodside Energy". Woodside. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  2. Today, Offshore Energy (30 April 2012). "First Pluto LNG Opens New Era for Woodside (Australia)". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  3. "Implementing the WA Domestic Gas Policy". www.wa.gov.au. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  4. Kulovic, Nermina (22 November 2021). "Woodside moves ahead with BHP merger, sanctions $12 bln Scarborough project". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. Cavcic, Melisa (23 December 2024). "WATCH: Australia's $12.5B gas project makes inroads as final modules for Pluto LNG's Train 2 come". Offshore Energy. Retrieved 26 April 2025.