SHI's Geoje Shipyard lays keel of a floating LNG2 for Petronas

Geoje Island, South Korea based shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) hosted an official keel laying ceremony for the PETRONAS Floating LNG2 (PFLNG2). This is PETRONAS’ second floating liquefaction plant, the Company said in a press release.

The ceremony was attended by PETRONAS, together with JGC Group and SHI, the consortium leading the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the PFLNG2.

The PETRONAS delegation was headed by Vice President of Global LNG Projects, Adnan Zainol Abidin who was accompanied by Vice President & Venture Director of LNG Projects – Domestic, Datuk Abdullah Karim.

Also in attendance were Executive Officer of JGC Group, Shigeru Abe and Executive Vice President, FLNG Integration Project Management of SHI, J. C. Kim.

The keel laying signifies the formal recognition of the start of the mega construction phase of the PFLNG2 with a collective weight of 134,000 tonnes.

The second floating LNG facility for PETRONAS will make possible the liquefaction, production and offloading processing of natural gas in the Rotan field, 130 kilometers offshore Sabah. PFLNG2 with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), and designed for deep-water is expected to commission in 2018.

PETRONAS’ LNG business commands a significant international market share owing to three decades of experience and proven capability along the LNG value chain. PETRONAS is committed to preserving its reputation as a preferred LNG supplier, distinct for its quality and reliability.