Prelude FLNG on its way to Australia (Image courtesy of Shell)
Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG facility has left the Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea where it was built, bound for waters offshore Western Australia.
The FLNG is expected to arrive at the Prelude gas field in Browse Basin around July 30, according to the marine data provider VesselsValue.
“The Prelude project has begun the 5,800km journey to Australia. After the hook-up and commissioning is complete, the world’s largest floating facility will extract and liquefy natural gas at sea, delivering more and cleaner energy to the world,” Shell said on Thursday trough its social media channels.
Prelude, with 488m in length and 74m in width, was being towed by POSH Terasea’s vessels Terasea Hawk, Tereasea Falcon and Terasea Osprey. The offshore service contractor won the job back in 2016.
Once towed to Australia, Posh Terasea will also position the FLNG before it starts production at the Prelude gas field, 475 kilometres north-northeast of Broome.
Shell’s Chief Financial Officer Jessica Uhl said in May that the FLNG facility would come on stream offshore Western Australia in 2018.
It is expected to stay moored at the Prelude gas field for 25 years and to produce 3.6 mtpa of LNG, 1.3 mtpa of condensate and 0.4 mtpa of LPG for export.
LNG World News Staff
Source: LNG World News