AusGroup subsidiary MAS Australasia entered into an agreement with Technip Oceania to supply of scaffolding and rope access services on the Shell-operated Prelude floating Liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. The firm will be responsible…
Dutch technology firm Frames has completed a high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) and fluid buffer system for the mooring solutions specialist SOFEC. Both are designed and build for the external mooring system of a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel…
An aversion to risk, the race to be second, impairs the oil and gas industry’s ability to innovate. Yet, the oil price slump, from mid-2014 to today, has been a “brutal wake-up call,” creating a realization that working smarter in a…
We have the saying “digital oilfield” within the industry, but does it exist in reality? Audrey Raj reports. Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Images from OTC Asia. With offshore…
Floating LNG – it’s a big business, taking decades to develop and involving the world’s largest vessels and cutting edge technology. Or is it? Elaine Maslin explains how operator Ophir Energy is taking a different tack off West Africa. Block R…
Choosing the right FLNG topsides equipment can be a complex process. Audrey Leon reports on some of the solutions presented by Black & Veatch at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference. The Carribean FLNG unit…
Laurentino Rangel, a consultant with Poten & Partners, provides an overview of current floating LNG projects around the globe. PFLNG SATU. Photo from Petronas. A floating LNG…
Malaysia’s Petronas has launched the hull for its second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, the Petronas Floating LNG2 (PFLNG2) at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea. Late last month,…
Norway's Sevan Marine is to do further work around a possible floating LNG (FLNG) development using its cylindrical vessel concept for a US oil major. The work follows a paid FLNG feasibility study for the use of the Sevan cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development…
Saipem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DESFA, the national natural gas system operator in Greece, for cooperation on onshore and offshore gas projects within the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean regions. Saipem and…
Shell shows a video of its giant Prelude is taking shape deep beneath the sea, in the waters offshore Western Australia. With construction of the Prelude FLNG facility well underway in the shipyard in Geoje, Shell is now at the coast of Western Australia…
ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) hull design. Specifically conceptualized for near-shore operations, the vessel was designed with a length of 1050ft (320m)…
GE Oil & Gas has started production of four high-pressure, high-temperature (HP/HT) dynamic flexible risers destined for the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, Prelude, to be operated by Shell, located 250km off the coast of Western Australia…
Japan's INPEX said it is trying to confirm the facts following a news report stating that Indonesian President Joko Widodo has rejected a proposal to build a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant in the country's east, saying that an onshore plant would benefit its economy more…
ABB was awarded a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. Illustration of the Shell FLNG, from Shell. The order includes the delivery of motors…
