{"id":13018,"date":"2022-12-23T09:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T09:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13018"},"modified":"2022-12-23T09:01:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T09:01:59","slug":"congo-brazaville-eni-launches-second-flng-project-to-increase-lng-production-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/congo-brazaville-eni-launches-second-flng-project-to-increase-lng-production-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"CONGO BRAZAVILLE: Eni Launches Second FLNG Project to Increase LNG Production &#038; Exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eni has signed a contract with Wison Heavy Industry for the construction and installation of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit with a capacity of 2.4 MTPA (million tons per\u00a0annum). The FLNG will be deployed offshore the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The 380 metres long and 60 metres wide vessel will be anchored at a water-depth of around 40 metres and will be able to store over 180,000 cubic meters of LNG and 45,000 cubic meters of LPGs. Preliminary activities have already started, with long lead items ordered and steel cut of cryogenic tanks occurred on December 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>This facility will be the second FLNG to be deployed in the Republic of Congo, the first one being Tango\u00a0FLNG (0.6 MTPA capacity),\u00a0with\u00a0LNG production expected to begin in 2023. With the second FLNG, overall LNG\u00a0production\u00a0capacity\u00a0on Marine XII\u00a0will reach\u00a03 million tons\/year (over 4.5 billion cubic meters\/year) in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Both initiatives are part of Marine XII gas valorisation plan, in line with Eni\u2019s strategy to leverage gas equity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eni has signed a contract with Wison Heavy Industry for the construction and installation of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit with a capacity of 2.4 MTPA (million tons &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/congo-brazaville-eni-launches-second-flng-project-to-increase-lng-production-exports\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7447,7442,11],"tags":[504,768,901,1512],"class_list":["post-13018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-countries","category-top-news","tag-congo","tag-eni","tag-flng","tag-marine-xii","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Eni-Congo.png?fit=497%2C681&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3nY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15180,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wison-eni-successfully-hold-the-nguya-flng-project-sail-away-ceremony\/","url_meta":{"origin":13018,"position":0},"title":"Wison, Eni\u00a0Successfully Hold the NGUYA FLNG Project Sail Away Ceremony","author":"","date":"September 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Wison New Energies and Eni\u00a0successfully held the NGUYA FLNG Project Sail Away Ceremony & 30M Manhours LTI Free Celebration.\u00a0This milestone highlights a breakthrough in global floating liquefied natural gas\u00a0(FLNG)\u00a0technology and execution excellence, while showcasing the outstanding capabilities of Chinese enterprise in delivering world-class energy infrastructure. 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