Executives say Trinidad's Atlantic Liquefaction Project will begin to remove the liquefaction units in Q4.

Michael Daniel, director of capital projects at Atlantic LNG in Trinidad and Tobago, announced on Tuesday that the project's flagship, the liquefied?gas? project, would begin to remove one of its liquefaction train from operation during this last quarter.

Train 1 has not been producing LNG?for more than a year but it is still in operation because all utilities, including the power that controls?all four trains, reside in Train 1. Train 1 hasn't produced LNG for more than a month, but it still runs because the utilities and power that control all four trains are located in Train 1.

Daniel, speaking at a Port of Spain energy conference, said: "The utilities that are common to the 'four Trains' were built out of Train 1. We have to be careful about how we separate and reroute utilities to the other facilities to make sure we don’t shut them down."

Daniel stated that the decommissioning Train 1 will not disrupt Atlantic's operations.

Atlantic LNG is a key part of Shell and BP’s LNG portfolio. Each company has the capacity to produce more than 5.5 million metric tonnes annually.

Both companies earn revenues from the tolling agreements and provide gas for Atlantic LNG.

Daniel said that Atlantic LNG hopes to modernize its facility by changing out the control systems and electrical work.

He told the conference that "Train 1 was 'one of the first LNG plants in the world. It will serve as an international?benchmark for how we decommission any future LNG plants."

According to data provided by financial firm LSEG, Atlantic shipped 700,000 metric tonnes to different countries, including the U.S.A. and Canada. Curtis Williams reported, Marianna Pararaga edited, Nathan Crooks, and Andrea Ricci provided the editing.

(source: Reuters)