Export terminal · Western Australia, Australia
Prelude FLNG Terminal
Prelude FLNG Terminal is an operating LNG export terminal (floating liquefaction (FLNG) facility) in Western Australia, Australia. The tracker lists 1 tracked unit with 3.6 Mtpa operating, the earliest starting in 2019. Owners include Shell, Inpex, KOGAS and 1 other.
Operating
3.6 Mtpa
4.9 bcm/y · 1 unit
Under construction
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no units under construction
Proposed
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no units proposed
At a glance
Trains and phases
Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.
| Unit | Status | Capacity (Mtpa) | Capacity (bcm/y) | Start | Proposed | FID | Owner (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not reported | Operating | 3.6 | 4.9 | 2019 | — | Not reported | Shell PLC [67.5%]; INPEX Corp [17.5%]; Korea Gas Corp [10%]; CPC Corporation Taiwan [5%] |
Capacity by status
| Status | Units | Mtpa | bcm/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | 1 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
Owners and operators
Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.
Owners
- Shell67.5%
- Inpex17.5%
- KOGAS10%
- CPC Corporation Taiwan5%
Operators
Location
Prelude FLNG Terminal at 13.7867° S, 123.3167° E, with 2 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.
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- Coordinates
- 13.7867° S, 123.3167° E
- Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
- exact
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Connected gas pipelines
Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.
| Pipeline | Status | Length | Capacity | Distance | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crux Gas Pipeline | Proposed | 160 km | 5.62 bcm/y | 0.1 km | route proximity |
| Ichthys Gas Pipeline | Operating | 889 km | 16.35 bcm/y | 11.4 km | route proximity |
Technology and contractors
Firms named on this terminal in our curated supplier list, each backed by a public source on that firm's page.
Licenses the DMR dual mixed refrigerant process, used at Sakhalin, Prelude and LNG Canada, and the parallel mixed refrigerant PMR process for trains of 6 to 11 Mtpa.
Exposed to chokepoints
Where cargoes from this terminal would normally pass a maritime chokepoint, by destination market.
| Destination | Chokepoints on the usual route | Alternative route |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia | Lombok StraitMakassar StraitLarger vessels favour Lombok over the shallower Malacca route. | Strait of Malacca |
Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.