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Petronas cuts steel on first FLNG at DSME

Petronas has cut steel for the hull of its first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

June 25, 2013

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This marks a major milestone for the project, and it will now move to the construction phase to meet the commissioning schedule in 2015.

Petronas had signed the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the project with the consortium of Technip and DSME last June. The FLNG facility is to be located in Malaysia's Kanowit gas field, 180km offshore Sarawak, and has the capacity to produce 1.2 mtpa of LNG.

Petronas sees the FLNG project as changing the landscape of the LNG business. "The facility will also play a significant role in efforts to unlock the gas reserves in Malaysia’s remote and stranded fields currently deemed uneconomical to develop and evacuate," the Malaysian state oil and gas firm said.

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About the Author

Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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