BG loads first LNG from QCLNG train 2

BG Group started up and loaded its first LNG from the second production train at the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facility in Australia in July. The first LNG from Train 2 set sail on the Maran Gas Posidonia. At plateau production, expected mid-2016, both trains at QCLNG will be producing enough LNG to load 10 vessels per month combined, exporting around 8mn t/y. Since production from the first train commenced in December 2014, 27 cargoes have been shipped.

BG Group began commercial operations in May 2015, when control of Train 1 formally transferred to QGC, BG Group’s Australian subsidiary, from the constructor Bechtel Australia. Train 2 commercial operations will begin once a similar commissioning process has been completed.