Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said the achievement of RFSU was an important milestone for the project.
"This milestone is a credit to all those involved in the construction of Pluto, which proudly takes its place as Australia’s third LNG project. Woodside operates two of these projects," added Peter.
The first production of LNG will take place shortly, followed by deliveries to foundation customers and project participants Kansai Electric and Tokyo Gas.
The Pluto LNG project is expected to contribute 17 to 21 million barrels of oil equivalent and in steady-state, the long-term average Pluto production is expected to contribute 37 million barrels of oil equivalent to Woodside’s annual volumes.
The Greater Pluto fields are estimated to contain 5.5 trillion cubic feet of proved plus possible dry gas reserves and an additional 680 billion cubic feet of contingent resources.
The initial phase of the Pluto LNG project comprises an offshore platform in 85m of water, connected to five subsea wells on the Pluto gas field, where gas will be piped through a 180km trunkline to the onshore facility, between the North West Shelf Project and Dampier Port on the Burrup Peninsula.
