SHELL'S troubled Prelude floating liquefied natural gas development off the coast of Western Australia could be offline for some time following several general directions issued by Australia's offshore safety regulator. Output was halted last month after an electrical fire on 2 December in an enclosure housing batteries for backup power resulted in a complete loss of Prelude's power. For several days, Shell was only able to restore "unreliable and intermittent power availability", affecting the habitation and working conditions of the crew.
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