Indonesia's Donggi-Senoro LNG Project Delayed Till March 2015

Start of Indonesia’s Donggi-Senoro liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has been delayed to March 2015 from earlier projected target of 2014, news agency Reuters reported.

A spokesman for Mitsubishi Corp, a stakehokder in the project,  in Tokyo told Reuters the current target for production is the end of March 2015. He acknowledged the delay but did not give a particular reason for it, the news agency said.

As per local media reports, construction of the 2.1 million ton per year project is now 85 percent complete.

According to Jakarta Post, Donggi Senoro LNG has signed 13-year contracts valid until 2027 to export 1 million tons of LNG a year to Chubu Electric in Japan, 700,000 tons a year to Kogas and 300,000 tons a year to Kyushu Electric Power in Japan.

The plant will obtain its gas supply from the Senoro and Matindok gas blocks.

The Donggi-Senoro plant will be the fourth LNG plant in Indonesia after it becomes operational. Country’s three LNG plants — Arun, Bontang and Tangguh — have a combined annual LNG production capacity of 43.9 million tons.

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