DILI, www.news-viptv.com – The Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Interlocutor in the Greater Sunrise discussions, Agio Pereira, met with Australia’s Special Representative for the Greater Sunrise Project, Steve Bracks, on the 19th of July in Darwin, Australia.
Through a press release published by the government, the purpose of the meeting was to catch up and to share appropriate information and views in their roles as envoys of Timor-Leste and Australia on the Greater Sunrise Initiative discussions, as well as to consider what the coming period holds and what they might be able to do together.
During the meeting, Steve Bracks mentioned his recent visit to the south coast of Timor-Leste and shared his thoughts and what his view in the future installation of Suai Supply Base.
Minister Agio Pereira thanked Steve Bracks for his visit to the south coast and the community located in the project area. Minister Agio expressed hope that the two representatives will continue to work together to achieve objectives that will be good for the two countries, Timor-Leste and Australia.
The two envoys also conducted a site visit together to the Ichthys onshore LNG processing facilities at Bladin Point, near Darwin, where the cooled gas from the Ichthys Field is transformed into liquid. The visit was hosted by Chris Wilson, Senior Vice President of Operations at INPEX.
The objective of this visit was to see directly the facilities and the installation of all the modules, that are very important for all processes, especially LNG train 1 and 2. During the visit to the LNG plant, INPEX said that, they need a maximum of 6 years to install all the modules and become fully operational, with a total estimated cost of 40 billion dollars.
Ichthys LNG is a joint venture between INPEX group companies (the operator), major partner Total Energies and the Australian subsidiaries of CPC Corporation Taiwan, Osaka Gas, Kansai Electric Power, JERA and Toho Gas.