KUALA LUMPUR – Petronas’ second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, PFLNG Dua is expected to deliver its first LNG cargo to customers by the middle of March 2021 after a successful first drop production.
In a statement today, Petronas said the “historic” achievement signifies the ability of the PFLNG Dua topside facility to produce on-spec LNG products, further validating the technological concept of floating LNG solutions for deepwater gas fields.
Its vice-president (LNG asset), Zakaria Kasah, said despite operating in a challenging environment exacerbated by the pandemic, Petronas managed to commission the megastructure and achieve its first LNG production in seven days upon the first gas in.
“This is a record achievement, and a great milestone for Petronas and the LNG industry,” he said.
The company’s first deepwater FLNG facility is currently located at the Rotan gas field, 140km off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
It successfully completed the subsea commissioning phase and achieved first gas on February 6 in collaboration with its upstream production sharing contract partner, PTT Exploration and Production,
According to Petronas, PFLNG Dua is capable of reaching gas fields in water depths up to 1,500 metres and produces 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year.
“It is part of Petronas’ portfolio of LNG facilities around the world, enabling the company to achieve its aspiration to power the world with cleaner energy, and at the same time, transform Sabah into a regional deepwater hub.
“Together with PFLNG Satu, which first produced LNG from the Kanowit gas field offshore Sarawak in 2016 and was successfully relocated to Kebabangan field offshore Sabah in 2019, this game-changing solution allows for the processing of LNG to be done offshore hundreds of kilometres away from land,” it said. – Bernama, February 15, 2021
