Prelude FLNG to start operating this month
Reuters has reported that Royal Dutch Shell expects production at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit off the coast of northern Australia to start at the end of the year.
“We continue to progress Prelude towards operations, with safety and quality being our main focus … We expect to see production around the end of the year,” said a spokeswoman for the company.
Prelude is expected to have an annual LNG production capacity of 3.6 million tonnes. It will also produce 1.3 million tonnes a year of condensate and 400,000 tonnes a year of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Shell first decided to go ahead with the project in 2011. After long delays, it introduced gas to the 490 metre-long (1600 foot-long) Prelude FLNG for the first time earlier this year as part of the cooling process before start-up.
Shell owns 67.5% of the Prelude FLNG project. Japan’s Inpex Corp, Taiwan’s CPC Corp and Korea Gas Corp hold the rest of the shares.
Prelude is the world’s second and largest FLNG facility.
Supply chain dependencies pose risks to renewable energy goals: study
A university study has found that the biggest risk to Australia's renewable energy ambitions...
Building grid resilience with quantum timing
Swinburne University of Technology and Siemens are leading the first Australian study on quantum...
Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon launch joint physical AI research
Physical AI is expected to contribute to addressing key societal challenges by enabling AI...
