Qilak LNG Terminal
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Qilak LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG export terminal in Alaska, United States.[1]
Location
The precise location remains to be determined, but the terminal was initially expected to be in the Beaufort Sea, "near-shore", located off Point Thomson in the North Slope of Alaska.[2] The approximate location below is based on infrastructure located within Point Thomson Oil and Gas Field (Alaska, United States).
Project Details
- Owner: Qilak Energy[3]
- Parent: Lloyds Energy[3]
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, USA[1]
- Coordinates: 70.1734, -146.2563 (approximate)
- Type: Export
- Capacity: 4 mtpa[1]
- Status: Proposed[1]
- FID status: Pre-FID (2025)[4]
- Cost: US$5 billion[5]
- Start Year: 2029[4]
- Formerly 2026 or 2027[6]
Background
Phase 1 of the Qilak LNG project will have an export capacity of 4 million tonnes per year (MTPA) with additional unspecified capacity planned to come online in future phases, as determined by gas supply and global demand. The project will deliver natural gas to Asian markets, including Japan, Korea, China, and the Philippines. An extensive feasibility study will begin in 2020, with the target of reaching an final investment decision (FID) by 2022. The first gas shipments could begin in 2026 or 2027.[6] In July 2021, Qilak's Chairman and CEO Mead Treadwell said that the pandemic had slowed down the formal feasibility study, delaying the initial targeted FID in 2022.[7]
The project plans to use gravity-base structures, special weighted legs that support offshore platforms, set off the Arctic shore of Alaska and would deliver three to five tankers per month to Asia, according to the sponsor.[8]
In March 2023, the project was still active, and its sponsors said that the smaller facility would be competitive with Russia's Yamal LNG Terminal.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Qilak LNG's North Slope Project Qilak LNG, accessed April 28, 2021
- ↑ "https://rbnenergy.com/break-the-ice-could-an-alaska-north-slope-lng-project-undercut-gulf-coast-competitors".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bradner, Tim (2020-01-27). "Alaska pursuing LNG project approvals, still waiting on investors". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Qilak LNG. Qilak LNG - Project Update. March 18, 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Natural Gas Intelligence. Qilak LNG Still Sees Quicker Path to Alaska LNG Exports With Smaller, $5B Project. March 21, 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Feasibility Study for Qilak LNG Aker Arctic, accessed April 28, 2021
- ↑ "Shipping from the Slope". Alaska Business Magazine. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ "Alaska's Qilak LNG targets Asia with $5 bln project to compete with Russia". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
