New Fortress Energy Inc.'s third and final rig of FLNG, one of the company’s Fast LNG projects, set sail Sept. 26 from the Kiewit shipyard in Ingleside, Tex., bound for its station off Altamira, Mexico (OGJ Online, June 2, 2023).
The liquefaction rig, Pioneer II, will join the other two FLNG 1 rigs for final installation and commissioning offshore Altamira, with target commercial operation date in late October or early November, the company said in a release Sept. 29, 2023.
FLNG 1 is mechanically complete. Pioneer I, the gas treatment rig for FLNG 1, arrived on location in early September. Pioneer III, the utilities and accommodation rig, was the first to arrive on location.
New Fortress Energy plans to complete an additional four FLNG units—consisting of modular liquefaction and processing equipment designed to be placed on fixed platforms, jack-up rigs, or semi-submersible rigs that can be installed offshore in shallow or deep water—in 2024, including two for installation offshore Louisiana; one 70 km off the coast of Veracruz, southeastern Mexico, for development of the 1.1-tcf Lakach deepwater natural gas field; and another offshore Altamira (OGJ Online, Nov. 23, 2022; Apr. 28, 2022).