Ichthys LNG Project’s giant FPSO sails away

The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility–Ichthys Venturer–safely sailed away yesterday evening from waters near its construction site in Okpo, South Korea en route to Australia.

Photo courtesy of INPEX.

This follows the completion of commissioning and preparation work.

The 336-m long ship-shaped, offshore facility began the 5,600 km voyage that will take approximately one month to complete, from South Korea towards her ultimate destination in the Browse Basin, some 220 km off the north coast of Western Australia.

“Ichthys Venturer has a storage capacity of 1.12 MMbbl of condensate and will have a continuous operating life of 40 yr, setting new benchmarks for durability,” said Louis Bon, Managing Director Ichthys Project.

The facility will be permanently moored in 250-m deep waters, where it will undergo hook-up and commissioning, along with the Ichthys Explorer central processing facility (CPF), located 3.5 km away.

When operational, the FPSO will process and store condensate delivered from the Ichthys LNG Project’s CPF before periodically offloading this condensate to export carrier vessels.

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