Shell-led LNG Canada’s second processing unit is still down, according to sources
Two sources have confirmed that Shell-led LNG Canada’s second processing unit known as Train 2 is still down almost a month after it was first started up. On November 20, the company announced that a restart was scheduled for December 1, and would last approximately two weeks. On Thursday, a spokesperson for LNG Canada stated that it would provide an update this week.
The complex, located in Kitimat (British Columbia), is the first major LNG-export facility in Canada, and the first in North America's West Coast.
. LNG Canada will export 14 million tonnes of LNG annually when fully operational.
The plant was started in July and has been running ever since.
had challenges
The first train was plagued by technical problems involving the production of refrigerants and a gas-turbine. On November 6, the company announced that it had begun production on its second train. However, data from financial firm LSEG have not shown any increase in exports.
The LSEG data revealed that in both October and Novembre, LNG Canada exports just over half a milllion tonnes of super-cooled gas.
LNG Canada is a joint-venture between Shell, Malaysian Petronas and PetroChina. It also includes Mitsubishi Corp of Japan, South Korea's KOGAS, and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. (Reporting from Curtis Williams, Houston; Additional reporting from Amanda Stephenson, Calgary; Editing by Nathan Crooks & Paul Simao).
(source: Reuters)
