LNG-FPSO sector is getting new impetus as Korean shipyards are ready to "realize" (build) the cutting-edge concept.
Also, prospect is that demand for shuttle carriers and offshore support vessels to service the floating production units would be rising.
Petronas will build a 1.2-million-tonnes-per-annum (mtpa)-capacity FLNG at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering while Samsung Heavy Industries is being readied for the construction of Shell’s monster FLNG unit, for which steel cutting is expected to start this autumn.
The two FLNG projects sanctioned to date will not be the last. Petronas is already well into the contractor selection phase for its second floater and Inpex, working with partner Shell, is progressing its Abadi FLNG project off Indonesia.
Many other FLNG projects are being studied and developed in various stages worldwide.
Moreover, FLNG projects will need LNG carriers to serve them and act as shuttle vessels between the floater and the receiving facilities.