MRV lets EPCIC contract for Coral North FLNG project
Key Highlights
- MRV has let an EPCIC contract for the Coral North FLNG project offshore Mozambique.
- Coral North is expected to double Coral hub’s production.
Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV) SpA has let an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) contract to Technip Energies, in partnership with JGC and Samsung Heavy Industries, for the Coral North FLNG project offshore Mozambique.
Under the contract, JGC France and Technip Energies, through their joint venture, will be primarily responsible for the engineering and procurement of the FLNG topside infrastructure as well as overall project management.
Samsung Heavy Industries will undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction of the FLNG hull and the fabrication of the topside modules.
The Coral North project includes construction of a new FLNG vessel with a production capacity of about 3.6 million tonnes/year (tpy). The vessel will be installed in Coral gas field, about 50 km offshore northern Mozambique.
Coral North is designed as an enhanced replica of Coral Sul, the first development in Mozambique’s Area 4 offshore gas block, and is expected to double Coral hub’s capacity to 7 million tpy.
Coral FLNG SA is a special-purpose entity incorporated by Area 4 partners Eni SPA (operator), China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Galp Energia SGPS SA, and Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS).