BP has awarded General Electric Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressors for a third natural gas liquefaction (LNG) train for the Tangguh terminal expansion in Bintuni Bay, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia. General Electric Oil & Gas will ship the equipment to Indonesia in mid 2018. BP awarded EPC contracts to Saipem in July 2016.
The Tangguh Expansion Project will add a third LNG process train (Train 3) and 3.8 Mt/year of production capacity to the existing facility, bringing total plant capacity to 11.4 Mt/year. The project also includes two offshore platforms, 13 new production wells, an expanded LNG loading facility, and supporting infrastructure. Operation is expected in 2020. So far, BP has reached agreements with Kansai Electric (Japan) to acquire 1 Mt/year from the third train and with Indonesia's national power utility PLN for the remainder.
The Tangguh Production Sharing Contract Partners (BP with 37.16%, MI Berau with 16.3%, CNOOC with 13.9%, Nippon Oil with 12.23%, KG Berau and KG Wiriagar with 10%, Indonesia Natural Gas Resources Muturi with 7.35% and Talisman Wiriagar with 3.06%) made the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the project in July 2016.
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