Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract by Petronas Carigali for the tie-in of Petronas’ first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (PFLNG1) facility, offshore Malaysia. The PFLNG1 will be tied-in to KAKG-A platform in Kanowit field, loca
Keppel Shipyard Limited has signed a contract worth approximately $684 million with Golar Gandria N.V., a subsidiary of Golar LNG Limited, to perform the conversion of a Moss type Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, the Gandria, into a Golar Floating Liquefaction (GoFLNG) facility. According to Kep
Shell, an Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas company, has released a new video showing its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project taking shape. According to Shell, Prelude FLNG will liquefy natural gas at sea and it is the world’s largest offshore floating facility. The first site
Ophir Energy has awarded Upstream Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts for the Fortuna FLNG Project in Block R, Equatorial Guinea to two contractor consortia, (i) McDermott Marine Construction Ltd and GE Oil & Gas UK Ltd and (ii) Subsea 7 and Aker Solutions. The Upstream FEED will be a
The Commonwealth-Western Australia (WA) Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority has granted the renewal of five Commonwealth retention leases which are earmarked for the proposed Browse Floating LNG (FLNG) project operated by Woodside. The Western Australian Government has made a similar decision in rega
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the proposed Woodside-operated Browse FLNG Development offshore northwest Australia. According to the press release, a dedicated team of OneSubsea experts, operating out of OneSubse
Drydocks World, a Dubai-based company has completed what it claims to be the world’s largest turret mooring system. The system will be installed aboard the world’s largest FLNG unit, Shell’s Prelude. At almost 100 meters high, weighing over 11,000 tons and with a diameter of 26 meters, the turret wi
French oilfield services provider Technip has today informed that it, together with Samsung, has been awarded two contracts by Shell for the Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in Australia, operated by Woodside. The Browse project covers the realization and installation of three FL
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has said that it has won an order to build three Floating LNG facilities. According to the shipyard, the order, by Shell, is worth around $4.7 billion, the amount reflecting hull construction only, without the topsides included. The topsides award is expected i
Golar LNG Limited and Perenco have reached an agreement on the material commercial terms and conditions for the Floating LNG project in Cameroon. The deal follows the December 2014 announcement on the signing of a Heads of Agreement with Societe Nationale de Hydrocarbures (“SNH”) and Perenco Cameroo
Australian energy company Woodside, as a operator of the Browse FLNG Development, offshore W. Australia, has announced that agreement has been reached to enter the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the proposed development. The FEED phase involves undertaking the activities required
Malaysian oil company Petronas achieved another milestone with the official steel cutting of its second floating liquefied natural gas facility, the PETRONAS Floating LNG2 (PFLNG2) in a ceremony held on June 11, 2015 at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea. The PE
Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina is eyeing a stake in an FLNG development in the Arafura Sea, off Indonesia. According to Reuters, Pertamina is interested in buying a share in the Inpex-operated Abadi FLNG project located in the Masela Block, where first gas production originally is slated f
Alam Maritim Resources Berhad (ALAM) has recently entered into a Subcontract Form of Agreement with Petronas. In its Bursa Malaysia filing, ALAM said it has been awarded by Petronas Floating LNG 1 (L) Ltd (PFLL) a subcontract works for the engineering, procurement, installation and related activitie
