Shell says it now is ready to begin detailed design and construction in South Korea of what will be the largest floating offshore facility to date. It will be 488 m (1,600 ft) long and weigh about 600,000 metric tons (661,400 tons).
The FLNG facility will tap around 3 tcfe in the Prelude gas field. Some 110,000 boed of expected production from Prelude should underpin at least 5.3 (5.8 MMMM metric tons/yr of liquids, comprising 3.6 metric tons of LNG, 1.3 metric tons of condensate and 0.4 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas.
