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Keppel develops Natural Gas vessel conversion technology and represents a good chance for its Brazilian headquarters, the Brasfels shipyard (RJ), to fight for the construction of this type of vessel
The commitment to building gas tankers at the giant Brasfels shipyard (Angra dos Reis -RJ), the Brazilian headquarters of Keppel O&M in Singapore, presents a good opportunity for the powerful Asian conglomerate.
Keppel O&M (Brasfels), and Golar LNG Limited (Golar) concluded a successful project in the conversion of a vessel carrying liquefied natural gas (LNGC) on a Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNG) that will save approximately 33% of greenhouse gas emissions compared to a new FLNG construction, this is equivalent to taking approximately 13.500 cars off the road for one year. National shipyards have already been consulted.
It is estimated, with the creation of the new gas market by the current government, a high demand for this type of vessel in the next 3 or 4 years, aiming to meet the outflow of the pre-salt natural gas.
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Alternative that would generate jobs in shipbuilding in Brazil
The construction of these vessels in Brazil would be an alternative to the insufficient pipeline network to transport natural gas in the country, which is 9,5 km long. These are gas pipelines that move natural gas from the natural gas processing units, the UPGNs, to the storage facilities.
To give you an idea, Argentina, for example, has a transport network of 16 km, practically twice as much as Brazil's, even though it has a territory one third smaller.
A Keppel O&M has an extensive track record in vessel conversion. In addition to converting the world's first FLNG in 2017, Keppel O&M converted the world's first floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in 1981 and the world's first floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) in 2008. has already converted 134 production vessels, including FPSOs, FLNGs and FSRUs.
By Renato Oliveira
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