Malaysian energy giant Petronas has officially launched its second Floating LNG unit, the PFLNG2. The hull was launched at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea on April 30, 2016. The 393-meter-long hull was floated out from the Green Dock 3 to anchor at the quayside o
Norwegian offshore facilities designed Sevan Marine will keep on working on a design for a cylindrical Floating LNG unit. The company on Tuesday said, referring to the paid FLNG feasibility study announced in Q3 2015 for the use of Sevan Marine’s cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development, tha
Oil and gas exploration company Ophir Energy has terminated discussions with Schlumberger regarding the latter’s participation in Fortuna floating LNG project, offshore Equatorial Guinea. The duo in January entered into a non-binding Heads of Terms Agreement whereby Schlumberger would get a 40% econ
Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, has lost a potentially huge order it had for the construction of three FLNG units. Namely, Samsung Heavy Industries had, in joint venture with Technip, won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Woodside-operated Brow
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the global offshore industry, has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) hull design. Specifically conceptualized for near-shore operations, the vessel was designed with
London-based GE Oil & Gas has informed that it has started production of four high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) dynamic flexible risers for Shell’s Prelude FLNG. Often dubbed as the world’s largest offshore floating facility, the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility will be located
Iran is reportedly in talks with a Norwegian company which would supply a Floating LNG facility, to be used for gas liquefaction in the Persian Gulf. According to Tasnim News Agency, which used the image of Shell’s Prelude FLNG unit to illustrate the story, Iran’s vice president for finance and inve
SapuraKencana GE Oil & Gas Services (SKGE), a joint venture between SapuraKencana Services and GE Power Systems, has been awarded a long-term service agreement by Petronas to provide maintenance services for its two forthcoming floating LNG vessels. A contract exchange ceremony for the award was hel
Following reports that Indonesian government has decided against the floating LNG solution for the development of the Inpex-operated Abadi gas field, the Japanese company is still awaiting the official confirmation. Responding to media reports, in a statement on Thursday, Inpex, developing the gas f
President of Indonesia Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reportedly decided against the use of FLNG unit for the development of Abadi field in the Masela block, offshore Indonesia. According to Detik Finance website, the president has decided the field will be developed through an onshore plant. The news web
Australian energy company Woodside, developing the Browse Basin gas fields offshore W. Australia, has said it will not move forward with the development at this time considering the current economic and market environment. Since FEED entry, Woodside said it has been focused on delivering targeted co
Oil and gas company Shell has awarded the Swiss-based provider of power and automation technologies, ABB, a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project offshore Australia. The order includes the delivery of motors, generators, variable speed drives and low-v
Japan’s Inpex, the operator of the Abadi gas field in the Masela block offshore Indonesia, has decided to cut the workforce at the project by 60 percent. This was revealed on Thursday by SKK Migas, Indonesia’s special task force for upstream oil and gas business activities. SKK Migas’ Amien Sunaryad
Malaysian energy company Petronas has moved a step forward to deploying the world’s first Floating LNG (FLNG) unit. Namely, the company has revealed that the naming ceremony for the PFLNG-1 unit, or Satu, as it is called, was being held on Friday, March 4, in South Korea. “Today, we have pushed the
