Where is Pluto LNG Terminal?

Pluto LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Western Australia, Australia. It is made up of 3 tracked trains and phases.

Is Pluto LNG Terminal operating?

Pluto LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2012.

How much LNG can Pluto LNG Terminal handle?

Pluto LNG Terminal has 4.9 Mtpa operating, 5 Mtpa under construction, equivalent to 6.66 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Pluto LNG Terminal?

Ownership of Pluto LNG Terminal is not reported in the current tracker release. It is operated by Woodside Energy, which is a different thing: the operator runs the facility and need not hold any share of it.

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Pluto LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from Pluto 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 Pluto LNG Terminal?

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

Pluto LNG Terminal — export terminal

At a glance

Country: Australia
State / province: Western Australia
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 3
Earliest start year: 2012
Latest start year: 2012
Coordinates: 20.6128° S, 116.7656° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130338
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	Operating	4.9	6.66	2012	—	Not reported	Not reported
Unit T2	Under construction	5	6.8	—	—	Not reported	Not reported
Unit T3	Cancelled	Not reported	Not reported	—	—	Not reported	Not reported

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	1	4.9	6.66
Under construction	1	5	6.8
Cancelled	1	Not reported	Not reported

Owners and operators

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

Operators

Woodside Energy

Location

Pluto LNG Terminal at 20.6128° S, 116.7656° E, with 10 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 20.6128° S, 116.7656° 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
Pluto-KPG Interconnector Gas Pipeline	Operating	3 km	6.8 bcm/y	0.1 km	route proximity
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline	Operating	1,597 km	8.67 bcm/y	0.9 km	route proximity
Pluto LNG Export Gas Pipeline	Operating	181 km	—	1.2 km	route proximity
Scarborough Gas Pipeline	Proposed	433 km	—	1.2 km	route proximity
North West Shelf Gas Pipeline 1TL	Operating	134 km	—	3.2 km	route proximity
North West Shelf Gas Pipeline 2TL	Operating	134 km	—	3.5 km	route proximity
Karratha to Cape Lambert Pipeline	Operating	57 km	0.95 bcm/y	7.9 km	route proximity
Gorgon and Jansz Feed Gas Pipeline	Operating	227 km	2.91 bcm/y	8.4 km	route proximity
Pilbara Pipeline System	Operating	251 km	1.67 bcm/y	17.3 km	route proximity
West-East Gas Pipeline	Shelved	2,900 km	5.67 bcm/y	19.1 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 Pluto LNG Terminal?: Pluto LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Western Australia, Australia. It is made up of 3 tracked trains and phases.
Is Pluto LNG Terminal operating?: Pluto LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2012.
How much LNG can Pluto LNG Terminal handle?: Pluto LNG Terminal has 4.9 Mtpa operating, 5 Mtpa under construction, equivalent to 6.66 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Pluto LNG Terminal?: Ownership of Pluto LNG Terminal is not reported in the current tracker release. It is operated by Woodside Energy, which is a different thing: the operator runs the facility and need not hold any share of it.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Pluto LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from Pluto 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 Pluto LNG Terminal?: 10 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Pluto 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.
Reading a capacity figure without being misled
An LNG capacity figure is only meaningful alongside three qualifiers — which unit it is in, which project status it describes, and whether it is a design nameplate or actual output — and most disagreements between sources come from one of those being dropped.