Perenco has begun production at Cameroon LNG via Golar LNG Ltd.’s floating LNG (FLNG) production unit Hilli Episeyo.
FLNG Hilli Episeyo arrived in Cameroon in late November 2017. A ship-to-ship transfer of cool down LNG with the Golar Bear took place in mid-December 2017, followed by the introduction of feed gas from the onshore processing plant. Commissioning of the FLNG’s refrigerant trains continued into February.
Gazprom has an 8-year purchase agreement for all of Cameroon LNG’s anticipated 1.2 million tonne/year production from FLNG Hilli.
Golar said its experience with conversion and commissioning FLNG Hilli would be applied to the Fortuna project in Block R off Equatorial Guinea. Ophir Energy PLC and OneLNG, a joint venture of subsidiaries of Golar and Schlumberger, in late 2016 established a joint operating company to develop Fortuna using the Golar Gandria FLNG. Golar Gandria is now at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore.
Phase 1 Fortuna development would tie four natural gas wells back to FLNG Gandria, targeting an eventual plateau output of 2.2 million tpy. First gas is expected in 2019. Fortuna Phase 2 would double production via an additional 5 wells and a second FLNG.
Contact Christopher E. Smith at [email protected].