Apparently, the Donggi-Senoro is one of three LNG plants in the Asia Pacific originally set to begin operations in 2014, but now behind schedule.
Infrastructure to be built includes a single train LNG liquefaction plant and supporting utilities, a jetty for supplies and equipment, an LNG storage tank and an LNG loading jetty with supporting administrative facilities.
The plant will have the capacity to produce 2 million tonnes of LNG per year for sale and will use Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APCI) to liquefy the gas.
Air Product’s liquefaction technology is currently being used in all three of Indonesia’s operating LNG plants.
The aim of the new plant is to monetise the “stranded gas” of Central Sulawesi using the first downstream LNG business model in the country.
From the plant, the LNG will be sold to Japan’s Chubu Electric (one million tonnes per annum (mtpa), Kyushu Electric (0.3 mtpa) and Korea’s KOGAS (0.7 mtpa).