Woodside is proposing a brownfield expansion of Pluto LNG through the construction of a second gas processing train.
Project capacity LNG (100% of project)
Target final investment decision
Target first LNG cargo
Woodside is proposing a brownfield expansion of Pluto LNG through the construction of a second gas processing train. Pluto Train 2 would process gas from the Scarborough gas resource and have a capacity of about 5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) (100% project).
Expanding Pluto LNG provides potential to accelerate future developments of other offshore Pluto gas reserves, as well as third-party resources.
The appointed engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Pluto Train 2, Bechtel Australia, executed front-end engineering design (FEED) activities in 2019.
Expansion activities would also include modifications required to Pluto Train 1 for processing approximately 1.5 Mtpa of Scarborough gas and installation of domestic gas infrastructure to increase capacity to approximately 225 Terajoules per day.
Pluto LNG was originally designed to allow efficient brownfield development and third-party gas processing. An area for a second train was pre-prepared in 2007/2008, therefore minimal further earthworks are required for the construction of Pluto Train 2.
A number of Commonwealth and State environmental approvals were granted to facilitate the original development of Pluto LNG. In compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, Woodside is undertaking rigorous environmental and risk management planning for the Pluto Train 2.
Existing primary environmental approvals for Pluto LNG allow for two LNG trains and supporting infrastructure. Associated management plans will be evaluated under these approvals and updated as required.
Changes to proposal approved under section 45C.
Woodside’s Pluto Train 2 FEED contractor Bechtel is planning to construct a 2,500-bed temporary construction accommodation village (CAV) in Karratha for Bechtel’s Pluto Train 2 construction workforce.
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The Scarborough Offshore Project Proposal was accepted by NOPSEMA in April 2020. The State Environmental Projection Authority published its report on the referral on 6 January 2020.
Woodside is proposing a pipeline to transport gas from Pluto LNG to the North West Shelf Project’s Karratha Gas Plant (KGP).