BRITISH engineering consultancy Wood will draw on its global LNG expertise to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management to the world’s largest floating offshore gas facility.
Shell has awarded Wood a six-year contract for its Prelude floating liquified natural gas (FLNG) unit around 475km north-east of Broome off Western Australia’s north coast.
The engineering firm has worked across energy and materials markets around the world.
The contract is to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in Western Australia.
CEO at Wood, Ken Gilmartin, said LNG is a key transition fuel as industry balances the need for global energy security with the importance of an urgent reduction in carbon emissions.
“We are delighted to build on our 70-year global relationship with Shell to deliver integrated brownfield engineering solutions for Prelude,” Mr Gilmartin said.
“The contract will draw on our global LNG expertise and underlines our position as a market leader for brownfield engineering across Australia.”
The Prelude project is the first deployment of Shell’s FLNG technology, which extracts, liquefies and stores gas at sea before exporting to customers around the world.
The Prelude FLNG facility is 488m long and 74m wide, making it the largest offshore floating facility ever built.
A team of between 120 to 140 work on board Prelude during operations, supported by teams and contractors across Perth, Darwin and the Kimberley.
The Prelude FLNG facility is operated by Shell in a joint venture with INPEX (17.5%), KOGAS (10%) and OPIC (5%).
It shipped its first liquefied natural gas cargo to customers in Asia in June 2019.
