Floating LNG

ABB has released a statement claiming that it has been awarded a five-year contract to provide equipment and services for Shell’s floating LNG project – Prelude.

Woodside has announced that the partners in the Browse Joint Venture development have decided not to progress work on the development at this time.

Indonesia has decided against Inpex Corp.’s proposal to build a floating LNG project offshore eastern Indonesia, favouring an onshore facility instead.

Trelleborg has released a statement claiming that it has launched a dedicated seawater intake hose, which is engineered to meet the specific requirements of floating LNG vessels.

The CEO of Italian energy company, Eni – Claudio Descalzi – has stated that the company is ‘not far’ from selling a stake in its Mozambique gas project.

The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, will soon make a decision on whether to build the US$15 million Masela Abadi LNG plant offshore or opt for an onshore alternative.

Following a significant gas find offshore Mauritania and Senegal, the Chairman and CEO of Kosmos Energy says there is “sufficient gas resource to underpin a world-scale LNG project in the Tortue West structure alone.”

Excelerate Energy has announced that its floating storage and regasification unit, Explorer, has successfully completed send-out performance tests and reached a send-out capacity of 1 billion ft3/d.

Lloyd’s Register Energy has launched a new risk-based inspection service, which combines class with hull integrity management.

Cedigaz has released a statement claiming that, according to its first estimates, LNG imports grew by 2.1% in 2015 to 241.2 million t.

Ophir Energy has posted a pre-tax operating loss of US$376 million for 2015.

Sembcorp Marine has purchased an additional 44% stake in Gravifloat, increasing its stake in the company to 56%.

Exmar and PEP have agreed to terminate a Liquefaction and Storage Agreement for the deployment of CFLNG in Colombia.

Petronas has confirmed that its new floating LNG vessel will be named PFLNG SATU.

Reuters reports that Croatia may decide to construct a floating LNG vessel for the northern Adriatic – as opposed to an onshore liquefaction plant – in order to begin operations sooner.