Malaysia adds second FLNG to monetise stranded gas from deepwater

摘要

In November, Petronas held a naming ceremony for its second floating LNG facility, PFLNG Dua, at South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). When it is commissioned in 2020 the FLNG will have the capability to liquefy gas extracted from deepwater reservoirs in depths of up to 1,500 m. The Malaysian energy company calls PFLNG Dua "bigger and better" than 365 m PFLNG Satu, its first FLNG, which achieved its first LNG cargo on 1 April 2017 and which is moored some 180 km offshore Bintulu in Sarawak, Malaysia. PFLNG Dua will have the capability to produce 1.5 mta of LNG, with a storage capacity of 177,000 m~3. By comparison, PFLNG Satu has a capacity to produce 1.2 mta of LNG. Designed for a 20-year operational life, the US$1.6Bn PFLNG Dua was jointly built by JGC Corporation and SHI, the consortium responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of the floating LNG facility. Construction on 393 m PFLNG Dua started in 2015 and once completed in February 2020 it will be moored at the Rotan Gas Field in water of 1,300 m, located 140 km offshore Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.