Petronas installs first topside module for floating LNG facility
Petronas commenced the lifting of the first topside module for its floating liquefied natural gas (PFLNG1) facility at the quayside of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, on Sept. 22.
The topside module lifting marks another major construction milestone for the facility, as it signifies the near completion of PFLNG1, which will be the world’s first floating LNG facility in operation.
The first topside module, on which power generation and control functions instruments are to be installed, weighs about 2,000 tonnes and this is equivalent to the weight of approximately 100 ordinary cargo containers.
A 3,600 ton marine crane was used to conduct the lifting operation by DSME. There are 20 remaining modules weighing approximately 40,000 tonnes that are to be installed on the hull and the topside module lifting is scheduled to be completed in first-quarter 2015.
Petronas has appointed Technip and DSME as a consortium to jointly develop the PFLNG1 facility, which will have a capacity of 1.2 mtpa.
Once the construction and installation phases complete in 2015, PFLNG1 will be moored in Kanowit field, 180 km offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
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