JAKARTA, April 19 (Reuters) - BP Indonesia has shutthe second train of its Tangguh facility in West Papua provincefor planned maintenance from April 15, a company official saidon Friday.
The maintenance on Tangguh's train 2 would run for 36 daysfrom mid-April, said Elan Biantoro, a spokesman for industryregulator SKKMigas. Oil and gas operators in Indonesia must keepSKKMigas informed of operational and output schedules.
Another SKKMigas official said no spot cargoes would beaffected by the shutdown.
"This has been factored into the 2013 production plan," saidWilliam Lin, BP's regional president for Asia Pacific. "Train-1continues to produce at a normal rate."
BP said in March it expected to produce 107 cargoes fromTangguh in 2013, up from 103 cargoes shipped last year.
SKKMigas said in December that Indonesia's LNG exports woulddrop nearly 14 percent in 2013 to 274 cargoes as gas outputdeclined and it set aside more gas for domestic use.