Floating LNG

Excelerate Energy has won a 15 year time charter deal with Petrobras to provide an FSRU, the vessel, designated as VT3 by Petrobras, will have a capacity of 20 million m3/d.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. has won a US$ 280 million deal to build a floating storage and regasification vessel. The vessel will be delivered in 2014.

Israel's National Planning Council has given final approval for a plan to establish a floating LNG terminal off its Mediterranean coast.

Costain isto provide cryogenic expertise on FEED study for FLEX LNG’s fixed floating LNG production project for operations in Papua New Guinea.

SBM Offshore, The Linde Group’s Engineering Division, PTT FLNG Limited and PTTEP Australasia have signed a partnership agreement for the development of an FLNG facility in the Timor Sea off Northern Australia.

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by Klaipedos Nafta AB, Lithuania’s state-owned oil company, to provide engineering and business support services for a new FLNG import terminal in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Shell Development (Australia) Pty. Ltd. to supply subsea production and associated topside systems for the Prelude field development.

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, has clinched a US$ 500 million order to build the world’s first two new LNG FSRU for Hoegh LNG.

Shell has given notice to a Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC) to proceed with the construction of the first FLNG facility in the world.

Shell is planning to build the world’s largest offshore floating facility. The FLNG facility will be sited 200 km offshore Australia.

Jurong Shipyard has secured a S$ 20 million contract from Golar LNG Energy to convert the LNG Khannur to an FSRU.

DNV is to issue a new range of technical guidance on offshore gas terminals following the technologies rising use of FSRUs, FPSOs and SRVs in recent years.

Technip, in a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, has been awarded the FEED contract for an FLNG unit by Petronas and MISC Berhad.

Granherne, a subsidiary of KBR, has been selected by GDF SUEZ Bonaparte Pty Ltd to execute the pre-FEED study for the Bonaparte LNG Project.

Shell’s first planned FLNG deployment off the northwest coast of Australia has received federal environmental approval.