Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline

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The Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The proposed pipeline would run from the Elk and Antelope onshore gas fields to the Papua LNG Terminal in Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea.

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Project details

• Operator: TotalEnergies
• Owner: TotalEnergies (37.55%), ExxonMobil (37.04%), Santos Limited (22.83%), JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (2.58%), Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (back-in right of up to 20.5%), MRDC (back-in right of up to 2%)
• Parent company: TotalEnergies (37.55%), ExxonMobil (37.04%), Santos Limited (22.83%), ENEOS Holdings (2.58%), Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (back-in right of up to 20.5%), Government of Papua New Guinea (back-in right of up to 2%)
• Capacity:
• Length: 320 kilometers
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2027 - 2028
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Papua LNG Terminal

Background

In March 2023, following pre-FEED studies that began in mid-2022, TotalEnergies launched the fully integrated front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage for the proposed Papua LNG project, that includes the Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline. A final investment decision (FID) for the Papua LNG project is expected between late 2023 and early 2024. Construction should be expected to start in 2024.

Gas from the Elk and Antelope fields will be transported via the 320-km Elk-Antelope-Caution Bay Gas Pipeline to the Papua LNG Terminal in Caution Bay. To integrate the Papua LNG and PNG LNG projects, TotalEnergies announced that it will join the PNG LNG project through an agreement with JX Nippon after a Kumul Petroleum Holdings back-in right.