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.