Drydocks World and Maritime World officially announced Shell’s pioneering Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility with a steel cutting ceremony of its turret. At more than 90 meters in height and 30 meters in diameter the turret is the world’s largest and weighs over 11,000 tonnes.

The turret will be built as six modules at the Dubai shipyard and shipped to Samsung Heavy Industry’s yard in Korea where the modules will be integrated into the FLNG facility once built.

Once constructed, the FLNG facility will be towed to location where it will be permanently moored in 250 meters deep water, providing weather waning capabilities and 4X4 mooring system. The FLNG facility and its mooring system have been designed to withstand extreme weather conditions including a Category 5 cyclone.

Source - Arabian Supply Chain.com

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