FMC to supply loading arms to Prelude FLNG
FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with Technip France, on behalf of the Technip Samsung Consortium (TSC), to supply offshore loading arm systems as part of the Shell Prelude FLNG Project.
FMC's scope of supply includes seven offshore footless marine loading arms, four for liquefied natural gas and three for liquefied petroleum gas.
"Today's announcement expands our existing support of the Prelude development, having received the subsea equipment contract in June of 2011," said Robert Potter, FMC's Executive Vice President, Energy Systems. "The Prelude FLNG facility will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world, and we are pleased the Technip Samsung Consortium has selected our loading systems."
FLNG opens up new business opportunities for countries looking to develop their gas resources, bringing more natural gas to market. Shell is the first to go ahead with such a project, Prelude FLNG.
The Prelude facility will be built by TSC at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, Korea. It will measure 1600 ft (488 m) from bow to stern and weigh around 600,000 tonnes when fully loaded. It will be moored over 120 miles (200 km) from land and will produce gas from offshore subsea fields.
Adapted from press release by Peter Farrell.
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