China independently built the largest FLNG first ship shipped
Recently, the NGUYA FLNG project, contracted by Wison Clean Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd., held its first LNG shipment ceremony in the waters of Pointe-Noire, Congo (Brazzaville).
This milestone marks the successful integration and operation of the entire process flow of the facility, laying a solid foundation for achieving long-term safe, stable, and efficient operation and LNG export; it also provides strong international endorsement for the maturity and reliability of Wison Clean Energy's EPCIC integrated delivery system.
The realization of the first LNG shipment is a systematic verification of the overall process route, engineering design integrity, and key equipment performance of NGUYA FLNG, meaning that the core liquefaction process technology and its entire facility control logic have undergone real gas condition testing, and key equipment has achieved stable operation under design conditions, fully demonstrating Wison Clean Energy's capability in complex system integration and production organization. The successful achievement of this milestone further solidifies the company's comprehensive strength and competitive advantage in the global FLNG market.
NGUYA FLNG is the largest tonnage and largest gas storage capacity new FLNG independently built by China, with a general contract signed between Wison Clean Energy and Italy's ENI Group in December 2022, marking the first time a Chinese company has played the role of general contractor in a large FLNG project. This FLNG started construction in January 2023, held its project launch ceremony last August, and was successfully delivered in September.
After setting the industry record of "only 35 months from contract signing to start-up," NGUYA FLNG has achieved its first LNG shipment in the waters of Pointe-Noire. The efficient fulfillment of consecutive key milestones fully demonstrates the high-efficiency coordination and execution advantages of Wison's EPCIC one-stop delivery model in large floating energy projects.
It is worth mentioning that recently Wison Clean Energy signed an NGUYA FLNG operation and maintenance service contract with ENI, promoting the natural extension of cooperation between the two parties from engineering delivery and start-up to operation and maintenance, also marking an important upgrade in Wison's full lifecycle service capability system for floating production business.
It is understood that NGUYA FLNG has a total length of 377.7 meters, a width of 60 meters, a depth of 35 meters, an LNG storage capacity of 180,000 cubic meters, an LPG storage capacity of 45,000 cubic meters, and an annual LNG production capacity of 2.4 million tons, capable of processing approximately 10.76 million cubic meters of natural gas per day under full load, ranking fourth in global FLNG annual production capacity.
This FLNG is deployed offshore near Pointe-Noire, Congo (Brazzaville), and is the core production facility of ENI's LNG project in Congo (Brazzaville), helping ENI's LNG project achieve an annual export output of 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
ENI's Congo (Brazzaville) LNG project aims to develop the Marine XII gas field resources, planning to deploy two FLNG units in the Nenè and Litchendjili gas fields. The first unit, "Tango FLNG," has already been put into operation, and this FLNG was also built by Wison Clean Energy. "Tango FLNG" has a capacity of 600,000 tons per year, and with the addition of NGUYA FLNG to operations, ENI's Congo (Brazzaville) LNG project's total capacity will increase to 3 million tons per year.
Wison Clean Energy is currently the only shipyard in China that has delivered an FLNG. In 2012, Wison Clean Energy received the world's first total contract construction project for a floating natural gas liquefaction and storage barge facility, and successfully completed performance assessment in September 2016, achieving the world's first successful natural gas liquefaction production on a floating facility. The ship was successfully delivered to Belgian shipowner Exmar in 2017, named "Tango FLNG." In 2022, ENI acquired "Tango FLNG" from Exmar at a high price.
Wison Clean Energy is a leading provider of clean energy technology and solutions, dedicated to providing the energy industry with efficient integrated EPCIC solutions, including floating liquefied natural gas facilities, floating production storage and offloading facilities, onshore standard modular LNG plants, floating gas power generation facilities, floating wind power, and other clean energy solutions. Based on a successful project delivery record, the experienced Wison Clean Energy team, with its professional technical innovation capabilities, provides customers with EPCIC services that meet the highest international quality and safety standards.
In the future, Wison Clean Energy will continue to focus on safety, quality, and delivery, collaborating with all parties to promote the stable operation and capacity ramp-up of floating energy facilities, creating long-term reliable value for global partners, and enhancing the resilience of global offshore oil and gas resource development and energy supply systems with continuously replicable engineering capabilities and full-cycle service capabilities.
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