Benthic, a global geosciences company, has been awarded a contract by Woodside Energy Ltd to undertake an offshore geotechnical site investigation for the proposed Browse Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Development off the North West coast of Western Australia. The survey will assist with furt
Marine terminal service company Smit Lamnalco believes it has an important contribution to make as new safety regulations for floating gas terminal facilities are drawn up. Group Business Development Manager Andrew Brown points out that although there is some overlap on safety issues between floatin
Japan’s INPEX has signed Heads of Agreements (HOAs) today with Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO) and Japan’s Shizuoka Gas Company, Ltd. (Shizuoka Gas) for the sales and purchase of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the Prelude FLNG project in Australia. INPEX is the parent company of
Nobu SU, a member of Asia’s shipping industry, and the Chairman of TMT Co., Ltd. and Bluesky FLNG Corporation, has announced that his patented technologies for FPSO System and FLNG Platform, will be applied to 3 to 5 nos of existing VLCC and VLOO. This conversion plan is expected to bring significan
Meggitt PLC, an international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy markets has announced that its Heatric heat exchanger business has been awarded a contract by JGC Corporation for the supply of printed circuit heat exchangers for
ABS, a leading provider of classification and technical services to the global offshore industry, has been awarded the classification contract from PETRONAS, Malaysia’s national oil company, for the company’s second floating LNG facility (PFLNG 2). The vessel will be built at the Samsung Heavy Indus
Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas technology and equipment, has announced the signing of an agreement with JGC Corporation to provide its proprietary LNG technology, equipment and process license for PETRONAS’ second floating LNG project (PFLNG 2) to be located off the coast o
Woodside Energy, an Australia-based oil and gas producer, today announced its 1Q 2014 output volumes rose 5 percent, compared to the same period in 2013. The company said that production rose due to the restart of the Vincent FPSO in late 2013. Sales volumes were 6.9% higher compared the correspondi
Italy’s oil and gas company Eni is thinking of developing its offshore gas field in Mozambique using a floating LNG unit, Bernama has reported. Bernama further says that ENI on Tuesday published a “Public Announcement for Expression of Interest” for an FLNG facility, through the Mozambican media, ca
Join engineer Cris Moreno as he travels to France to see Prelude’s innovative offloading arms tested for the first time. Cris Moreno has a big job on his hands. His task is to make sure Shell’s Prelude FLNG project can transfer its liquid cargo in one of the loneliest places on the planet; 200km’s o
PETRONAS has launched the hull of its first floating liquefied natural gas (PFLNG 1) facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The facility, scheduled to be completed in Quarter 4 of 2015, will be the world’s first floating LNG facility in operati
Ophir Energy is pressing ahead with FLNG development of its natural gas field in Equatorial Guinea. The company today revealed that it expects to make the Final Investment Decision for the development of its Block R, offshore E. Guinea, in 2015. Ophir has an 80% operated interest in Block R to the w
Consequently, Cott has engaged Wison to deliver a Concept Study for an FLNG that would be suitable for the project.
Ophir Energy plc has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Petrofac, according to which, Petrofact will provide services as operator of the Ophir’s proposed gas development in Equatorial Guinea. These services are expected to include, amongst other activities, preparing and issuing the Fi
