Trinidad’s Atlantic LNG to shut down another liquefaction train

Atlantic LNG is expected to take Train 4 offline for up to 50 days in May and June to complete repair work, Reuters reported on February 6, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

Train 4 at Trinidad and Tobago’s flagship LNG facility has a production capacity of 6mn tonnes per year (tpy).

It marks the second announcement in consecutive months by Atlantic LNG of taking offline liquefaction units at the facility.

In late January, Atlantic LNG’s director for capital projects Michael Daniel said at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference that the plant would shut down Train 1 later this year in the fourth quarter.

Daniel said that the decision was made due to a shortfall of feed gas, while acknowledging that the train has not been producing LNG for over a year. Nevertheless, the liquefaction unit has remained in operation the entire time because the utilities, including the electricity that powers all four trains, are in Train 1.

The rest of the plant’s operations are not expected to be impacted by the decommissioning of Train 1. 

Meanwhile on Train 4 the maintenance and repair work is expected to last between 45 and 50 days.

The facility will still produce the super-chilled fuel from Trains 2 and 3, which together combine for a production capacity of 6mn tpy. However, officials stopped short of saying Trains 2 and 3 would still operate at full capacity during the period.

Atlantic LNG is the biggest export terminal in Latin America with a nameplate capacity of 12mn tpy. However, the facility has been hamstrung by a lack of feed gas and in 2025 produced only 9mn tonnes of LNG. 

Supermajors Shell (SHEL) and BP (BP) are the majority owners of Atlantic LNG, both holding stakes of 45%, while Trinidad’s National Gas Company holds the remaining 10% interest.