Woodside Energy closes Pluto LNG due to an 'unplanned' event

A spokesperson for Woodside Energy in Australia said that the shutdown of Pluto LNG was safe and effective on Monday, due to an unexpected event. The cause is still under investigation.

The spokesperson stated that operations at the Karratha Gas Plant are normal. Pluto LNG is connected by a pipeline.

Woodside, Australia’s largest independent oil and natural gas company, lowered its estimate for full-year production to a range between 189 million and 195 millions barrels of oil equal (boe), down from its previous forecast of 185 to 195 boe.

Pluto LNG, located in Burrup Peninsula and with a capacity of 4.9 million tonnes per annum, has one existing liquefied gas train that processes gas from offshore Pluto and Xena fields in Western Australia.

Woodside is building a second Pluto LNG train to process the gas from the Scarborough Gas Project.

Once the Scarborough field begins production, Train 2 has a production capacity of up to 5 million tons of gas per year, and Train 1 can process up 3 million tons of gas per year.

(source: Reuters)