BG Group starts shipping first LNG from Queensland Curtis facility

Energy company BG Group has started up and loaded its first liquefied natural gas from the second production train at the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facility in Australia.

The first LNG from Train 2 set sail on the Maran Gas Posidonia.

At plateau production, which is expected mid-2016, both trains at the Queensland facility will be producing enough LNG to load ten vessels per month combined, exporting around 8m tonnes per year, the company said. Since production from the first train commenced in December 2014, 27 cargoes have been shipped.

Chief executive Helge Lund said: "The start-up of QCLNG's second LNG train is another important operational milestone delivered in line with our plan. The completion of our upstream infrastructure and the two LNG trains are achievements of which BG Group, particularly our team in Australia, can be proud. We have already shipped more than 1.5m tonnes of LNG from Queensland, and Train 2 will add significant further volumes and flexibility to our LNG shipping and marketing portfolio."