Oz APLNG Ends Maintenance

The Australia Pacific LNG project on Australia’s east coast has ended 15 days of planned maintenance which saw one of its two trains shut, a spokeswoman for downstream operator ConocoPhillips said March 27. “The shutdown finished as planned,” she said.

The shutdown of the train ran from March 8 to March 23 and the second train is due to close for scheduled work from April 14-April 29, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

The shutdowns come as the total LNG exports from the Port of Gladstone fell to a six-month low in February of 1.65mn metric tons (mt), which is down from 1.77mn mt in January but above the 1.56mn mt shipped a year earlier, Gladstone Ports Corporation data showed earlier in the month.

Exports of LNG from Gladstone also come via Shell’s Queensland Curtis LNG and the Santos-led Gladstone LNG project. APLNG’s two trains each have nameplate capacities of 4.5mn mt/year.