Offshore staff
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The PFLNG DUA, Petronas’ second FLNG facility has produced first LNG from the Rotan gas field, 140 km (87 mi) offshore Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
In collaboration with partner PTTEP, Petronas completed the subsea commissioning phase and achieved first gas on Feb. 6, 2021.
Zakaria Kasah, Petronas vice president of LNG Asset, said: “Despite operating in a challenging environment which is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, we managed to commission this megastructure and achieve first LNG production in seven days upon the first gas in.”
The company said the first LNG cargo delivery is expected by mid-March 2021.
The 393-m (1,289-ft) long PFLNG DUA is the company’s first deepwater FLNG facility and has the capacity to produce 1.5 MM metric tons of LNG per annum. It is also capable of reaching gas fields in water depths up to 1,500 m (4,921 ft).
Its first FLNG facility, the PFLNG SATU produced LNG from the Kanowit gas field offshore Sarawak in 2016. It relocated to the Kebabangan field offshore Sabah in 2019.
02/15/2021
