Global Investment of $55 Billion Planned for LNG Production Trains

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). There are 35 active LNG production projects with a combined capital investment value of more than $50 billion scheduled to begin production in the next five years. Our projection is that large capital investments in LNG production will continue to escalate through 2025, especially as natural gas continues to remain the major energy source of the West.

Click on the image at right to view a breakdown of LNG projects by country.

The strongest LNG growth is expected to come from the Iran, Qatar, Australia, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Russia. These countries will strive to meet increase in natural gas demand from nations such as Japan, Korea, Spain and the U.S. Nations like Russia, Qatar, Algeria, Nigeria and Angola tend to favor foreign investments, technology development and offer more political stability compared to the Middle East. The new high-tech production of LNG offers low production cost, making it an affordable fuel to developing nations, and the ideal alternative fuel to the growing economies of the world. Economic benefits reaped from the development of LNG production trains extend to other auxiliary facilities and related services such as engineering, technology development, ports, storage terminals, and plants.

Of the 35 active LNG projects to be developed in these countries, most of the money will be spent to expand existing operations and develop grassroot projects within the next five years. Most projects are developed by a consortium involving major players in the field, such as BG Group PLc (Reading, United Kingdom), which is investing $2 billion to develop the Indoc South Par LNG production facility in Iran, BP (London, United Kingdom), which is spending $2.1 billion on Tangguh LNG production in Indonesia, ChevronTexaco (San Ramon, California), which is spending $2.2 billion on the Barrow Island LNG project in Australia, and $2.1 billion on the Luanda LNG project in Angola, ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas) is spending $3 billon on the Brass LNG project in Nigeria, and Gazprom is spending 1.5 Billion on the Baltic LNG Project in Russia.

For more information on the Global LNG market check out Industrialinfo.com's new 2006 Global Industrial Outlook.

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