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
PETRONAS has reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) for its second floating liquefied natural gas facility (PFLNG 2) project, located off the coast of Sabah in Malaysia. The FID was approved by the PETRONAS Board on 23 January 2014. Subsequently PETRONAS has issued a letter of award for the Eng
Shell Australia has awarded a major contract for the design, construction and operation of three Infield Support Vessels (ISVs), which will create approximately 80 local jobs and support its Prelude FLNG Project, located 475km north-north east of Broome, in Western Australia. KT Maritime Services Au
Cable and pipe seal provider Roxtec has delivered cable transits for the 488-meter long hull of Shell’s Prelude FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility that is under construction at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, South Korea. Once complete, it will be the largest floating facilit
Emerson Network Power has been selected as the main uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems provider for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, currently under construction in Korea for deployment to the Browse Basin off the coast of Western
The keel laying process for PETRONAS’ first floating liquefied natural gas facility (PFLNG 1) has started this week, marking another significant milestone in the construction of the facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The first block of the
The FLNG market is poised for increased investment and activity from 2014 to 2020, with Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecasting total expenditure of $64.4 billion (bn) in its new market report. Two-thirds of this spend is attributed to liquefaction infrastructure, with the remainder from import and regasi
Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Wison Offshore & Marine) announced today the start of the installation of the topsides liquefaction equipment on the Caribbean FLNG project marking another significant milestone toward completion of what will be the world’s first floating LNG liquefaction and storage ve
The 488-metre-long-hull of Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has been floated out of the dry dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is currently under construction. Once complete, Prelude FLNG will be the largest floatin
Singapore’s ship builder Keppel has confirmed that Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and its topside partners are currently negotiating conversion and liquefaction contracts with Golar LNG on the conversion of an existing LNG carrier into a Floating Storage and Liquefaction Vessel (FLSV). The te
The Australian Federal Government has granted environmental approval for the Scarborough field development via what will be the world’s largest FLNG facility. The Scarborough field, located off the coast of Western Australia, approximately 220 kilometres northwest of Exmouth in 900 metres, is being
