{"id":91,"date":"2013-12-03T19:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.wordpress.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2015-11-17T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T14:57:20","slug":"shell-floats-hull-for-worlds-largest-floating-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/shell-floats-hull-for-worlds-largest-floating-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell floats hull for world\u2019s largest floating facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/shell.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-93\" src=\"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/shell.jpg?w=1170\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>The 488-metre-long hull of Shell\u2019s 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 floating facility ever built. It will unlock new energy resources offshore and produce approximately 3.6 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum to meet growing demand.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMaking FLNG a reality is no simple feat,\u201d said Matthias Bichsel, Shell Projects &amp; Technology Director. \u201cA project of this complexity \u2013 both in size and ingenuity \u2013 harnesses the best of engineering, design, manufacturing and supply chain expertise from around the world. Getting to this stage of construction, given that we only cut the first steel a year ago, is down to the expert team we have ensuring that the project\u2019s critical dimensions of safety, quality, cost and schedule are delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FLNG will allow Shell to produce natural gas at sea, turn it into liquefied natural gas and then transfer it directly to the ships that will transport it to customers. It will enable the development of gas resources ranging from clusters of smaller more remote fields to potentially larger fields via multiple facilities where, for a range of reasons, an onshore development is not viable. This can mean faster, cheaper, more flexible development and deployment strategies for resources that were previously uneconomic, or constrained by technical or other risks.<\/p>\n<p>Prelude FLNG is the first deployment of Shell\u2019s FLNG technology and will operate in a remote basin around 475 kilometres north-east of Broome, Western Australia for around 25 years. The facility will remain onsite during all weather events, having been designed to withstand a category 5 cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>Shell is the operator of Prelude FLNG in joint venture with INPEX (17.5%), KOGAS (10%) and OPIC (5%), working with long-term strategic partners Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (the Technip Samsung Consortium).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 488-metre-long hull of Shell\u2019s 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/shell-floats-hull-for-worlds-largest-floating-facility\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[901,955,1388,1827,2297],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-news","tag-flng","tag-gas","tag-largest-hull","tag-oil","tag-shell","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15154,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/technip-energies-awarded-a-large-contract-for-a-floating-liquefied-natural-gas-unit-in-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":91,"position":0},"title":"Technip Energies awarded a large contract for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas unit in Africa","author":"","date":"July 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Technip Energies (PARIS:TE) has been awarded a large(1)\u00a0contract to perform preliminary activities(2)\u00a0for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit in Africa. 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