Petronas' First Floating Unit Achieves First Gas

Petronas’ first floating LNG facility, PFLNG Satu achieved its first gas milestone November 14 from the Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak.

“The introduction of gas from the KAKG-A central processing platform at the field ignited the PFLNG Satu flare tower at the height of 130 metres, proving the technological aspirations of Petronas to unlock gas reserves in Malaysia’s remote and stranded gas fields,” the Malaysian firm said in a statement November 17.

Company’s acting vice president LNG assets, development and production Adnan Zainal Abidin said the first gas milestone signified the commencement of commissioning and startup for the floating LNG facility that will soon progress towards commercial operations and first cargo.

PFLNG Satu will extract natural gas via a flexible subsea pipeline for the liquefaction, production, storage and offloading processes of LNG at the offshore gas field. It can be redeployed to multiple locations to better access marginal and stranded gas fields of Malaysia, Petronas said. The unit made its journey from Okpo, South Korea to the Kanowit gas field on May 14, 2016 for its offshore phase of commissioning.

Shardul Sharma