Boxscore Construction Analysis

A. Blume,Managing Editor Adrienne.Blume@GulfPub.com Australia is the fourth-largest LNG exporter in the world after Qatar, Malaysia and Indonesia. At present, it has a total LNG production capacity of approximately 24 MMtpy at three projects, placing it far behind Qatar’s 77 MMtpy of capacity. However, Australia is on track to catch up with Qatar by 2018, and then to surpass Qatar in 2020, to become the world’s largest exporter, by investing over $160 B in LNG terminal construction and an additional $85 B for FLNG facilities. However, very high project costs and shifts in global gas trading patterns could force the delay or transformation of several of these ventures. In some cases, expans