ATLANTIC LNG TRAIN 4 BEGINS PRODUCTION DEC 16

Atlantic’s Train 4 facility will solidify Trinidad and Tobago’s position as the largest exporter of LNG to the United States, increasing Trinidad and Tobago’s total capacity to 15 million metric tonnes or 720 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year.

This increased capacity is some 60 percent more than the total volume of LNG that Atlantic exported to the United States in 2004.

The Train 4 construction project, which began in 2003, has logged more than 14 million consecutive man hours without a lost time incident (LTI). For the US$1.3 billion project, the general contractor Bechtel International Inc partnered with more than 30 local firms, expending an estimated US$235 million in local engineering, manufacturing and construction services.

The workforce peaked at 3,500 persons during construction. The project’s remaining milestones include the completion of a 160,000 cubic metre LNG storage tank.

In preparation for operation of its Train 4 facility, Atlantic LNG increased its permanent employment from 120 at the start of its first Train in 1999, to 600 by the end of 2005.

Atlantic LNG’s Train 4 is owned by the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago and three companies in the international oil and gas industry — BP, BG Group and Repsol YPF.

Train 4’s first cargo will be lifted by BP.