About Us
Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) operating company generating value for shareholders, our employees and the community in which we operate.
• We are dedicated to the safety of people and operations
• We are driven to succeed and to improve
• We do this by attracting and developing great people
Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago is one of the world’s largest producers of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). We are a four-train natural gas liquefaction facility located at Point Fortin in Trinidad. Each train is owned by a group of private investors in its own holding company. Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago operates
and manages the four trains on behalf of the train holding companies.
Combined, the four trains that we operate and manage are capable of producing up to 100,000 cubic metres of LNG per day. This is enough energy to power the entire US for 1.4 months1. From our first ship load on May 1, 1999 through to the end of 2008,we have loaded over 130 billion cubic metres of natural gas into 1560 ships.
We receive natural gas from offshore fields north and east of Trinidad owned and operated by our shareholders. The natural gas is supplied through shareholders’ pipelines, then processed and liquefied in one of the four processing lines, or ‘trains’, at our facility. In each train, we undertake a series of processes to remove impurities such as dust, water, hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, and then condense the natural gas to a liquid state. Natural gas is primarily composed of methane and the liquefaction process involves cooling the natural gas to approximately -161°C. Once complete, we load the LNG on to specialized LNG carrier ships owned and operated by independent transport companies.
Our role in the global energy economy is significant. LNG is currently the only economical way to move natural gas from key production areas like the Atlantic Basin to importing countries and regions such as Europe and the United States. Trinidad and Tobago is the seventh largest LNG exporter in the world and Atlantic LNG is
responsible for processing approximately half of Trinidad and Tobago’s natural gas production. Although product from Atlantic LNG is exported around the world, the United States is the main buyer and we processed 75%2 of the total natural gas imported into the United States in 2008.
Natural Gas: Clean Fuel
Natural gas has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy of all of the fossil fuels. For an equivalent amount of heat, burning natural gas produces about 30% less carbon dioxide than burning petroleum and about 45% less than burning coal. Even factoring in the energy required for liquefaction, transport and re-heating, natural gas still performs as well or better than alternatives such as coal and fuel oil in terms of carbon efficiency. Moreover, natural gas is a clean-burning fuel, with fewer by-product emissions than petroleum and diesel. As a result, natural gas has grown as an alternative automobile fuel, particularly in urban areas where local air quality is an issue. Natural gas is also an important fuel for electricity generation, a feedstock for ammonia in fertilizers and the primary source for hydrogen that is being used in fuel cell vehicle technologies.
