Petronas launches hull of its first floating LNG facility
OKPO, South Korea -- Petronas has launched the hull of its first floating LNG (PFLNG 1) facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
The facility, scheduled to be completed in Q4 of 2015, will be the world’s first floating LNG facility in operation.
The launch, which took place on April 5, 2014, saw the 365-m long hull float out at a dock and launched to anchor at a quayside of DSME shipyard where the facility is being constructed. This phase marks another milestone in the development of the facility and signifies the near completion of hull construction works, less than 10 months since the cutting of the first steel in June 2013.
Petronas’ V.P. Datuk Abdullah Karim said, “It is an impressive achievement that we launch the hull within a short time frame following the keel laying process that began on 6 January 2014. In addition, the project has also achieved more than 5.5 million total safe man-hours since the project commenced in March 2012, with no occurrence of loss time incidents at the project site.”
The PFLNG1 vessel, also known as PFLNG SATU, will be moored in Malaysia’s Kanowit gas field, 180 km offshore Sarawak and will produce 1.2 million tonnes of LNG per year. It will play a significant role in Petronas’ efforts to unlock the gas reserves in Malaysia's remote and stranded fields, which are currently deemed uneconomical to develop and evacuate, and it will help meet the growing demand for gas.
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