Prelude FLNG: World’s Largest Floating Object Nearing Completion – VIDEO
The 600,000 tonnes Prelude FLNG facility, the most important offshore facility ever constructed, is nearing completion on the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.
Once accomplished, the floating liquefied pure gasoline (FLNG) facility shall be moored off Western Australia for a interval of 20 to 25 years the place will probably be used to relax pure gasoline produced on the Prelude area to –162°C (-260°F), shrinking its quantity by 600 occasions so it may be exported to prospects in Asia.
Once operational, the Prelude FLNG facility will produce no less than 5.3 million tonnes (mtpa) each year of liquids: 3.6 mtpa of LNG, 1.3 mtpa of condensate (equal to 35,000 bbl/d) and 0.4 mtpa of liquefied petroleum gasoline (LPG).
Here’s a take a look at its progress at SHI:
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