| History | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | Prelude FLNG |
| Owner | Shell plc |
| Port of registry | Fremantle, Australia |
| Builder | Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje Shipyard, South Korea |
| Cost | US$10−13 billion |
| Laid down | October 2012 |
| Launched | December 2013 |
| Completed | July 2017 |
| Maiden voyage | July 2017 |
| In service | 2018 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9648714 |
| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Floating production storage and offloading |
| Tonnage | 300,000 GT[2] |
| Displacement | 600,000 tonnes[1] |
| Length | 488 m (1,601 ft) |
| Beam | 74 m (243 ft) |
| Height | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Crew | 220-240[1] |
Prelude FLNG is a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform owned by Shell plc and built by the Technip–Samsung Consortium (TSC) in South Korea for a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, KOGAS, and Inpex.[3][4] The hull was launched in December 2013.[5]
It is 488 metres (1,601 ft) long, 74 metres (243 ft) wide, 105 m (344 ft) tall, and made with more than 260,000 tonnes of steel, beating Seawise Giant (the previous record holder) as the world's longest vessel.[6][7] The vessel displaces around 600,000 tonnes when fully loaded, more than five times the displacement of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.[8] It is the world's largest FLNG platform, as well as the largest FLNG facility constructed to date.
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- ^ "Prelude - 9648714 - Floating Storage/Production". Maritime Connector. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Steel Cutting for Prelude FLNG Begins in South Korea". Offshore Energy (Press release). 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Shell's massive Prelude hull world's biggest-ever floating vessel and first ocean-based LNG plant". Financial Post. Reuters and Associated Press. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
Shell said Tuesday that the 488-metre (1,600 foot) hull of the structure, known as Prelude was floated out of the dry dock in Geoje, South Korea where she is being built.
- ^ "Shell's record-breaking Prelude takes to the water". BBC News. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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- ^ Newnham, Danica (18 October 2012). "Construction of Prelude FLNG begins". Upstream. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ DeHaemer, Christian (28 July 2011). "The Prelude FLNG Project". Energy & Capital. Retrieved 28 October 2012.