BG to begin loading second LNG vessel at Queensland Curtis in early Jan

The British energy company has been loading its first cargo from the LNG export facility since Dec. 28 on to the Methane Rita Andrea vessel, it said in a statement.

The facility is expected to reach a plateau production level of 8 million tonnes of LNG a year in 2016.

A second export train is planned to start up in the third quarter of 2015, BG said.