SK Innovation E&S delivers Barossa LNG cargo to South Korea

Last month, Australian LNG player Santos shipped the first Barossa cargo from the 3.7 mtpa Darwin LNG plant at Wickham Point.

Santos is the operator and has a 50 percent interest in the Barossa gas project, with joint venture partners PRISM Energy International Australia, a unit of SK Innovation E&S (37.5 percent), and Jera Australia, a unit of Japan’s Jera (12.5 percent).

SK Innovation E&S announced on Tuesday that the next Barossa LNG cargo was delivered to the Boryeong LNG import facility in South Korea on February 23.

Images published by the Korean firm show that the 180,000-cbm Prism Agility, owned by SK Shipping, delivered the LNG cargo.

According to SK Innovation, this marks the first time that a South Korean private company has independently completed the entire process—from participation in the exploration phase of an overseas gas field to development, production, liquefaction, and import.

SK Innovation E&S expects to secure 1.3 million metric tons of LNG annually from the Barossa field over the next 20 years.

The volume is equivalent to roughly 3 percent of South Korea’s annual LNG imports, according to the company.

The Darwin LNG plant launched operations in 2006. It achieved RFSU in August 2025, following the successful completion of the life extension project for Barossa LNG.

In 2023, the last LNG cargo produced from the Bayu-Undan gas field sailed from the LNG plant in Australia’s Northern Territory.

The final LNG shipment from Bayu-Undan left the Darwin LNG plant on November 11, 2023.