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Shell Finally Starts Production of Its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Asset Prelude in Australia, Marking the First Phase of Operations of This Kind in the Region
The FLNG unit is located in the Browse Basin, approximately 475 km north-northeast of Broome, Western Australia. The project is operated by Shell with a 67.5% stake, along with Inpex (17.5%), CPC (5%), and KOGAS (10%) as partners. Shell introduced gas aboard the Prelude FLNG for the first time in June 2018. Gallina, a Singapore LNG carrier, handled the import. The next step was to test and prepare the LNG plant aboard the Prelude in preparation for the well openings.
The well openings and the start of production were announced on Wednesday, December 26, by Inpex, which is involved in the development of the project in Block WA44-L off the west coast of Australia through its subsidiary Inpex Oil & Gas Australia Proprietary Limited (IOGA).
The Prelude FLNG facility will separate and liquefy the gas produced from the well to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and condensate. These products will then be loaded directly from the FLNG facility onto tankers and sent in sequence.
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The IOGA’s equity share of the LNG produced through the project is expected to be supplied to JERA (approximately 0.56MTPA) and Shizuoka Gas (approximately 0.07 MTPA) in the plateau production volume, thus contributing to a stable energy supply for Japan.
The project involves the development of the Prelude and Concerto gas field located 475 kilometers north-northeast of Broome, on the west coast of Australia, separating and liquefying the gas produced at the FLNG facility. The Prelude FLNG is the first FLNG project in Inpex’s portfolio.
Built by the Technip-Samsung consortium, the 488-meter-long and 74-meter-wide FLNG unit left the shipyard in South Korea in late June 2017 and reached Australian waters in late July. All 16 anchoring lines in the Prelude field were connected in August of the same year.
The largest floating facility ever built will unlock new energy resources at sea and produce approximately 3.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. It will remain on-site during all weather events, having been designed to withstand a category 5 cyclone. The FLNG will stay on-site for 20 to 25 years.
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