China’s newly built offshore floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the vessel GENTING FLNG, independently designed and constructed in China, has been successfully towed to the wharf of the Huisheng Lüsi Base in Qidong for subsequent outfitting. Upon completion of all construction work, the facility will set sail for waters off Indonesia to be put into operation, becoming Indonesia’s first floating liquefied natural gas unit. This marks another major breakthrough for China in the manufacturing of high-end offshore engineering equipment and international cooperation in clean energy.
The GENTING FLNG has an overall length of 335.1 meters and a moulded breadth of 60 meters. As the world’s ninth large scale floating liquefied natural gas facility, it is capable of the integrated operations of natural gas exploitation, liquefaction, storage, loading and unloading directly in deep and distant waters. It is one of the most technically complex and high value added products in offshore engineering equipment today.