Angola LNG starts recommissioning

The Chevron-operated $10 billion Angola LNG project has reportedly started recommissioning process.

According to a report by Reuters, a spokesman from Angola LNG confirmed that the project started re-commissioning, declining to comment when the first cargo of chilled gas is expected to leave the plant.

The LNG export plant, which shipped its first cargo in June of 2013, was shut down in April 2014 after a major rupture on a flare line.

Chevron said in May last year it expects Angola LNG to be operating at 75% of capacity by the first quarter of 2016.

Angola LNG is a joint venture between Sonangol (22.8%), Chevron (36.4%), BP (13.6%), Eni (13.6%), and Total (13.6%).

The LNG plant, located in Soyo, is a single-train facility able to produce 5.2 million tonnes per year. Angola LNG also has a dedicated fleet of seven LNG tankers.