Japan’s Inpex informed that Ichthys LNG project launched its central processing facility from the offshore floating dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where it is being constructed.
Managing Director Ichthys LNG project Louis Bon said the operation was completed within two days.
The CPF is berthed quayside at the shipyard where work is continuing to lift and install the living quarters and integrate and commission all equipment in preparation for the CPF’s sail away, Bon said in a statement.
Once completed, the CPF, which the project began constructing in January 2013, will be towed 5600 kilometers to the Ichthys field in the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia, where it will be permanently moored for the life of the project—more than 40 years.