FMC to supply loading arms for Prelude FLNG project
May 14, 2012
FMC Technologies Inc. will supply the offshore loading arm systems to the Shell Prelude FLNG project.
Offshore staff
HOUSTON –FMC Technologies Inc. will supply the offshore loading arm systems to the Shell Prelude FLNG project. Technip France signed the agreement on behalf of the Technip Samsung Consortium.
FMC will supply seven offshore footless marine loading arms. Four are for LNG and three are for LPG. The equipment will be designed and manufactured by FMC’s Sens, France, facility.
ThePrelude facility will be built by TSC at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, Korea. It will measure 1,600 ft (488 m) from bow to stern and weigh around 600,000 metric tons (661,387 tons) fully loaded. It will be moored 120 mi (200 km) from land and will treat and liquefy natural gas from subsea fields.
