KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has requested buyers defer some loadings of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Bintulu complex due to operational issues at one production train, two industry sources said today.
The affected train is at the MLNG Tiga production facility at the Petronas LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak, the sources said, with one source adding that the cargo deferments were requested for October.
A report by ANZ Research yesterday said the Bintulu LNG plant has been operating at reduced capacity.
Petronas did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of working hours.
The Petronas LNG Complex has nine production trains with a production capacity of nearly 30 million tonnes per annum.
The MLNG Tiga production facility has two trains with a production capacity of over seven million tonnes per annum.
Tiga supplies clients including China's state-owned oil and gas firm CNOOC, South Korea's Korea Gas Corp, and Japanese utility Tohoku Electric.
— Reuters
