The Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) facility has arrived in Australian waters, Shell Australia confirmed July 25.
The Prelude FLNG facility started its 5,800-km journey to Western Australia late last month from its construction site in South Korea (OGJ Online, June 29, 2017).
Prelude is the first deployment of Shell’s FLNG technology, which will comprise a 488-m long floating facility extracting and liquefying gas at sea before exported it worldwide. The project lies 475 km north-northeast of Broome in Western Australia.
Shell Australia Chairman Zoe Yujnovich said the company has let a majority of Prelude contracts to Australian contractors, including the $200-million contract let to Australian engineering company Monadelphous for maintenance and modification services.
The Prelude project will employ 260 local workers on board the facility during operations and create more than 1,500 jobs during the hook-up and commissioning phase of the project.