InterOil and Total agree LNG site
The partners in the LNG project in Papua New Guinea have agreed the location for developing the Elk-Antelope gas field
The partners in the Total-operated LNG project in Papua New Guinea have agreed the location for developing the Elk-Antelope gas field, which will provide the feedstock for the island’s second – and probably third – LNG terminal. The central processing facility will be near the Purari river, about 360km northwest of Port Moresby, and connected to the LNG facility by on and offshore gas and condensate pipelines. Analysis of the latest well test data from the Elk-Antelope gas field in Papua New Guinea supports a two-train liquefied natural gas project. InterOil’s chief executive Michael Hession said the Antelope-5 well had exceeded all previous Antelope well results and “confirm our confidence
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