Angola LNG Shuts Down for Planned 32-Day Maintenance

Angola LNG has begun a planned 32-day maintenance shutdown that will suspend LNG production and reduce monthly output by about 80% while work is completed across key upstream facilities.

(Reuters) — Angola Liquefied Natural Gas plant will undergo a planned 32-day maintenance shutdown starting today, the country's national oil and gas agency ANPG said in a statement on July 8.

• The plant's shutdown will be in conjunction with the maintenance campaigns of the Sanha complex and the Sanha floating, production, storage and offloading platform in Area B offshore Cabinda.
• During the month-long shutdown Angola LNG will suspend all gas and related derivative production, which is expected to reduce monthly output and loading by some 80%.
• The shutdown impact at the Sanha Complex and Sanha FPSO is estimated at 49,000 barrels of oil a day.
• ANPG said the LNG plant, whose shareholders include Chevron, Eni, BP, TotalEnergies and state-owned oil company Sonangol, is working to ensure it meets its contractual obligations.
• Angola LNG plant, commissioned more than a decade ago at a cost of $12 billion, is considering boosting output after running below its nameplate capacity for years as gas production fell at the mature fields supplying the facility.