FPSO - FLNG
Operators are increasingly looking to floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) solutions to commercialise previously stranded resources in the world’s oceans.
In addition to FPSO units that have been in mainstream use since the first converted tanker, Shell’s Castellón, was launched in 1977, floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessels have been designed to monetise gas reserves that have been unviable up to now. The largest hull ever launched is that of the FLNG vessel Prelude, slated to produce first gas in 2017.
There are now hundreds of FPSOs in service from the North Sea to the South China Sea, and each arena is replete with unique challenges, from corrosion to moorings, financing to adverse climatic conditions. As the oil price oscillates, the floater industry swings between all-time highs and lows.
This resource centre represents the leading source of essential information for the FPSO and FLNG industry, from up-to-date news about the latest floater projects, to the technological aspects of one of the most innovative parts of the oil and gas sector.
This resource centre is also the content hub for the FPSO industry’s leading annual events in the Eastern and Western hemispheres: the FPSO World Congress in Singapore and the FPSO Europe Congress based out of London, United Kingdom.
A drive for new fuels
February 05 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorAccording to Xavier Pfeuty, LNG Manager of Total’s Marine Fuel Global Solutions group, the oil giant is committed to promoting LNG as a viable marine fuel.
FLNG market surges
January 21 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorThe recent plunge in oil prices has created a challenging environment for the LNG market. However, growth in FLNG has now gained significant global attention.
Top 10 FLNG projects: Shell's Prelude
December 04 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn the next on our series on FLNG and floating LNG vessels, Oil & Gas IQ get serious with the seriously impressive Shell Prelude FLNG.
Top 10 FLNG projects: The EU’s Azure
November 23 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn the second of our Top 10 FLNG projects of all time, Oil & Gas IQ party like its 1999, and look back to a time of a harmonious EU, and full FLNG chain concepts.
Top 10 FLNG projects: Mobil’s Doughnut
November 19 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorIn the first in a series of Top 10 FLNG projects of all time, Oil & Gas IQ go all the way back to 1997, to a time when concrete was king, and FLNG units an unstable distant dream.
Top 10 FLNG projects
October 30 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorOil & Gas IQ have a look at FLNG projects past and present - rounding up the 10 most important FLNG developments, studies, and vessels.
China–US Trade War: Tariffs on US LNG - News Stream
October 01 by Adam MusprattWelcome to News Stream, Oil & Gas IQ's regular video series bringing you the latest updates from the world of oil and gas.
A guide to FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas)
August 24 by Patrick GallagherFloating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) is not just a term that rolls elegantly off the tongue but one also used to describe an offshore facility floating above a natural gas field. Here is everything y...
Guide to FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading)
July 19 by Adam MusprattFloating Production Storage and Offloading is a core element of the oil & gas extraction and refinement process. Here is everything you need to know about FPSO
FPSO: In recovery mode
July 12 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorThe FPSO market is making a comeback. As optimism grows, we surveyed hundreds of professionals about their strategies and priorities for the future
2018 State of the FPSO nation report
June 27 by Oil & Gas IQ EditorThe slump in oil prices that plagued the oil and gas sector in recent years did not spare the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) sector. But now, with oil prices rising and after al...
What's shaping the supply and demand of LNG?
June 04 by Oil & Gas IQThe growth of the FSRU industry has been phenomenal, and what was intended to be a specialist niche LNG solution is now a mainstream one for potential new regasification terminals globally.