Where is Darwin LNG Terminal?

Darwin LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Northern Territory, Australia. It is made up of 2 tracked trains and phases.

Is Darwin LNG Terminal operating?

Darwin LNG Terminal is proposed, with a first tracked start year of 2006. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.

How much LNG can Darwin LNG Terminal handle?

Darwin LNG Terminal has 6 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Darwin LNG Terminal?

Darwin LNG Terminal is owned by Santos Ltd, SK E&S Co Ltd, INPEX DLNGPL Pty Ltd and 3 others, and operated by Santos Ltd. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Darwin LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from Darwin LNG Terminal would normally pass Lombok Strait, Makassar Strait and Strait of Malacca. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.

What pipelines connect to Darwin LNG Terminal?

3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Darwin LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Darwin LNG Terminal — export terminal

At a glance

Country: Australia
State / province: Northern Territory
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Proposed
Trains / phases tracked: 2
Earliest start year: 2006
Latest start year: 2006
Coordinates: 12.5210° S, 130.8664° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130331
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Unit T1	Idle	3.7	5.03	2006	—	Not reported	Santos Ltd [43.4%]; SK E&S Co Ltd [25%]; INPEX DLNGPL Pty Ltd [11.4%]; Eni Australia BV [11%]; JERA Co Inc [6.1%]; Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [3.1%]
Unit T2	Proposed	6	8.16	—	—	Not reported	Santos Ltd [43.4%]; SK E&S Co Ltd [25%]; INPEX DLNGPL Pty Ltd [11.4%]; Eni Australia BV [11%]; JERA Co Inc [6.1%]; Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [3.1%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Proposed	1	6	8.16
Idle	1	3.7	5.03

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Operators

Santos Ltd

Location

Darwin LNG Terminal at 12.5210° S, 130.8664° E, with 3 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 12.5210° S, 130.8664° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Barossa Export Pipeline	Operating	122 km	8.69 bcm/y	0.6 km	route proximity
Bayu-Undan to Darwin Pipeline	Idle	502 km	4.75 bcm/y	0.6 km	route proximity
Amadeus Gas Pipeline	Operating	1,658 km	1.66 bcm/y	4.1 km	route proximity

Exposed to chokepoints

Where cargoes from this terminal would normally pass a maritime chokepoint, by destination market.

Destination	Chokepoints on the usual route	Alternative route
East Asia	Lombok StraitMakassar StraitLarger vessels favour Lombok over the shallower Malacca route.	Strait of Malacca

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Darwin LNG Terminal?: Darwin LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Northern Territory, Australia. It is made up of 2 tracked trains and phases.
Is Darwin LNG Terminal operating?: Darwin LNG Terminal is proposed, with a first tracked start year of 2006. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
How much LNG can Darwin LNG Terminal handle?: Darwin LNG Terminal has 6 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Darwin LNG Terminal?: Darwin LNG Terminal is owned by Santos Ltd, SK E&S Co Ltd, INPEX DLNGPL Pty Ltd and 3 others, and operated by Santos Ltd. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Darwin LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from Darwin LNG Terminal would normally pass Lombok Strait, Makassar Strait and Strait of Malacca. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
What pipelines connect to Darwin LNG Terminal?: 3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Darwin LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

Liquefaction trains explained
A liquefaction train is one complete, self-contained refrigeration line that chills treated natural gas until it condenses, and a large modern train produces roughly 5 to 8 million tonnes of LNG a year.
LNG and maritime chokepoints
A maritime chokepoint is a narrow strait or canal that a large share of seaborne trade must pass through, and LNG exposure to them depends entirely on which exporting region supplies which importing market.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.