Woodside expects first Scarborough LNG cargo in H2 2026

This was revealed by Liz Westcott, Woodiside’s executive VP and COO of Australia during a conference in Perth on Tuesday.

The company previously only said that it is targeting 2026 to ship the first LNG cargo from the project.

“At over 80 percent complete, and on track for first LNG cargo in the second half of 2026, the project forms an important part of the Woodside portfolio, providing natural gas for decades to come,” Westcott said.

In November 2021, Woodside took a final investment decision on the Scarborough and Pluto LNG Train 2 developments.

Last year, Woodside revised the total project cost estimate to $12.5 billion ($8.2 billion Woodside share), a 4 percent increase from the previous cost estimate at FID of $12 billion.

The field is located some 375 kilometres off the coast of north-west Australia in the Carnarvon Basin.

Moreover, the project includes the installation of a semi-submersible floating production unit connected by a 433 km trunkline to a second LNG processing train known as Pluto Train 2 at
the Pluto LNG facility.

Westcott said Pluto Train 2 will process about five million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of Scarborough gas, and with some modifications to the existing Pluto train, up to three Mtpa will be processed there.

“Last year was full of deliverables and key milestones for the project, including the arrival and setting of all 51 modules that make up Pluto Train 2, completion of the Scarborough trunkline, and progress on the development drilling campaign,” Westcott said.