TotalEnergies awards contact for Papua LNG venture’s manufacturing services

Technip Energies, in a consortium with Clough, has acquired a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the upstream manufacturing services of the TotalEnergies-operated Papua liquefied pure fuel (LNG) venture in Papua New Guinea.

The upstream manufacturing services will embody the event of the Elk and Antelope onshore fields, situated in block PRL-15, together with the central processing facility and the effectively pads.

The services may also function a carbon seize and sequestration (CCS) scheme, which goals to take away the native CO₂ from the fields and reinject it into the reservoirs.

Beneath the contract, Clough and Technip Energies will determine and deal with the particular challenges associated to the venture, in addition to lay foundations for its execution.

Technip Energies Gasoline and Low Carbon Energies senior vice-president Loic Chapuis stated: “We’re very proud to be entrusted by TotalEnergies for this strategic growth which is able to feed the longer term Papua LNG trains.

“Leveraging our experience designing fuel items, integrating applied sciences, and managing CO₂, in addition to our expertise delivering large-scale tasks, we’re dedicated to creating this venture a reference within the trade.”

The Papua LNG venture is deliberate to have two LNG trains, with a mixed capability of 5.6 million tonnes per 12 months of LNG.

The trains will obtain fuel from the Elk and Antelope discoveries through a 320km lengthy onshore/offshore pipeline to a web site in Warning Bay the place the Papua LNG venture is deliberate to be developed.

The Papua LNG venture is being developed beneath a JV between Whole E&P PNG (TEP PNG), ExxonMobil, and Oil Search, who every maintain stakes of 40.13%, 37.03%, and 22.84%, respectively.

Clough APAC government vice-president John Galvin stated: “I’m happy for Clough to be a part of one other vital and thrilling venture supporting our communities in Papua New Guinea.

“Our robust historical past of working in Papua New Guinea, mixed with our numerous engineering capabilities, stand us in good stead for the supply of the persevering with scope of labor which we’ll endeavour to be awarded.”

The companions plan to announce a closing funding resolution (FID) for the Papua LNG venture growth by the top of 2023. The venture is anticipated begin operations by the top of 2027.