Arun LNG Terminal

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Arun LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Sumatra, Indonesia. It was formerly an LNG export terminal, but has since been repurposed as an LNG import terminal.

Location

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Project Details, Import Terminal

• Operator: PT Perta Arun Gas
• Owner: PT Perta Arun Gas
• Parent: Pertamina 70%, Government of Aceh 30%
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa, 0.43 bcfd
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2015

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Project Details, Export Terminal

Project Details, Train 1

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1978

Project Details, Train 2

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1978

Project Details, Train 3

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1978

Project Details, Train 4

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1983

Project Details, Train 5

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1984

Project Details, Train 6

• Owner: Pertamina (55.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%), JILCO (15.00%)
• Location: Lhokseumawe, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
• Coordinates: 5.2234, 97.083 (exact)
• Type: Export
• Capacity: 2.1 mtpa
• Status: Retired
• Start Year: 1986

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

PT Arun had 6 LNG trains near Lhokseumawe, Aceh, with a total capacity of 12.5 million tons per annum. The export terminal closed down due to lack of feed gas in 2014, and now Arun is used an LNG import terminal. It received its first LNG shipment in 2015. It has a capacity of 3 mtpa.

In October 2020, Pertamina signed an MoU with PT Natuna Eton Energy to build two additional storage tanks at the Arun regasification terminal. The terminal started truck loading services in 2020.

In November 2023, the president of PT Perta Arun Gas said that the project was ready to implement Indonesia's carbon capture and storage (CCS) program: “We will develop a CO2 liquid hub inside and outside the country. We will store and inject into a huge reservoir in Aceh, ex ExxonMobil. This has the potential to become CO2 storage. In the future, this will be PAG’s additional business.” He also said that the project's export trains could be turned on if regional gas reserves are found in the future.