Indonesia's Badak LNG Project Expects Reduced Output in Coming Years

Indonesia’s Badak LNG expects continuous decline in output for next few years due to insufficient supply from depleting gas fields, Jakarta Post reported Friday.

Badak LNG is one of country’s biggest LNG plants. Output is expected to be 152 LNG cargoes this year, down from 182 cargoes last year.

“This is because of a predicted decline in output from Mahakam block, which will be quite significant. We will see additional input from Bangka field, but [not by much],” company’s president director Salis Aprilian was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

The plant currently operates four trains, out of total eight. Plan is to shut down another plant by the middle of this year, Jakarta Post added. Unless production from Mahakam is increased or at least maintained, Badak will need to shut down another train in the near future. It is likely to operate with only two LNG trains by 2019.