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17 New energy for the Asia-Pacific market Story by Thomas L. Torget Photography by John Krutop, Michael Kotlen and Bob Crogan ExxonMobil and its joint-venture partners are developing a major new liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea to help meet the region’s rapidly growing energy demand. Five Bell 412 helicopters stay busy transporting passengers and cargo, both on and offshore. The personnel helicopters can carry as many as nine passengers, and cargo helicopters can carry up to 1,500 pounds of construction supplies. These helicopters travel up to 160 miles an hour with a range of 460 miles.
Construction crews will install more than 500 miles of pipeline, both onshore and offshore. The main gas pipeline will travel from an elevation above 9,000 feet in the Highlands to sea level. Nowhere in the world is energy demand rising faster than in the Asia-Pacific region. Energy use there is expected to grow by two-thirds during the next 25 years, which is equivalent to adding the population of another Australia to the region every 18 months. To help meet this soaring demand, Exxon Mobil Corporation subsidiary Esso Highlands Limited is working with six joint-venture partners to develop a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in resource-rich Papua New Guinea. Known as PNG LNG, the project is a multiphase development that The Hides Gas Conditioning Plant is now under construction. From here, the natural gas will travel by pipeline to the LNG plant north of Port Moresby. will include gas production and processing facilities, onshore and offshore pipelines, and a liquefaction plant with a capacity of 6.6 million tons a year of LNG. The gas will be sold to customers in China, Japan and Taiwan, with deliveries expected to begin in 2014. During its 30-year life, the venture should produce more than 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Investment in the initial phase of the project, excluding the cost of building ships, is estimated at $15 billion. More than 9,300 workers are now involved in construction of the facilities. 18
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