Golar LNG has introduced that the FLNG Gimi has departed Singapore’s Seatrium Shipyard and is now crusing below its personal propulsion, supported by an escort tug, towards BP’s purpose-built Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) hub offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
The voyage is anticipated to take round 60 days, together with refuelling stops in Mauritius previous to rounding the Cape of Good Hope and in Namibia previous to its arrival. The FLNG will then be moored and linked to the hub, which is anticipated to set off the beginning of contractual money flows below the 20-year Lease and Operate Agreement on the GTA subject.
Gimi was transformed from a 1975-built Moss LNG provider with a storage capability of 125,000 cubic metrrs. It is designed for 20 years of operations on-site with out dry docking, with a liquefaction capability of two.7 million tonnes each year and contracted to function close to shore in 30 metrrs of water depth.
Golar CEO Karl-Fredrik Staubo commented: “Golar is pleased to complete conversion of the FLNG Gimi. We would like to thank Seatrium, Black and Veatch and other suppliers for another successful FLNG delivery. With Gimi soon on site for start-up of operations Golar will double its operating fleet of FLNGs and bring total installed liquefaction capacity up to 5.1mtpa.
“We look forward to having FLNG Gimi in operation, and to continued long term cooperation with BP, Kosmos and the national oil and gas companies of Mauritania and Senegal. As the leading, independent owner and operator of FLNG units globally, we are committed to enabling monetization of attractive proven gas fields through our market leading operational track record, attractive capex/ton of liquefaction capacity and amongst the industry’s most efficient emissions/ton produced LNG.”
