NCMA Development Gas Pipeline

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North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) Development Pipeline is a gas pipeline off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Hibiscus, Poinsettia, Chaconia, and Ixora gas fields in the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic LNG terminal on Trinidad's southwestern coast.

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Project Details

• Operator: Shell Trinidad & Tobago Ltd, Eni T & T Ltd
• Owner: Shell (63.19%), Eni S.p.A
• Capacity: 520 MMcf/d
• Length: 107 km
• Diameter: 24 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2001
• Associated infrastructure:
  • Atlantic LNG Terminal

Background

The 67 mile (107 km), 24-inch pipeline from the NCMA development to the Atlantic LNG terminal is the longest pipeline in Trinidad and Tobago. The pipeline's capacity was originally announced as 400 million cubic feet per day; debottlenecking in September 2003 increased the pipeline's capacity by 30 percent above the original design.