More than 1,500 Keppel personnel are currently working in Singapore on conversion of the Gimi to a floating LNG vessel, according to Golar LNG.
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The Gimi FLNG vessel under conversion at Keppel Shipyard in Singapore.
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OSLO, Norway – More than 1,500 Keppel personnel are currently working in Singapore on conversion of the Gimi to a floating LNG vessel, according to Golar LNG.
The vessel recently entered the third of five planned dry-dockings.
While the spread of the Covid-19 virus could impact the supply chain, yard operations in Singapore are managing the situation, Golar LNG added, and construction remains on target.
The vessel will start a 20-year contract with BP for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Mauritania and Senegal in 4Q 2022.
Golar is in discussion on further projects with other oil majors and national oil companies, but due to the long lead time to a final investment decision, followed by a four-year construction and commissioning period, the quickest a new FLNG could deliver new LNG to market is around five years from now, the company said.
