(Finance) – Eniacting as Area 4 Upstream Delegated Operator on behalf of partner ExxonMobil, CNPC, GALP, KOGAS and ENHannounces that theintroduction of hydrocarbons into Coral Sulthe implantation of floating liquefied natural gas (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas, FLNG) from the Coral Southoff the Mozambique.
With the injection of gas into the system, the Coral On the FLNG prepares to produce the first shipment of LNG in the second half of 2022, thus adding the Mozambique to LNG producing countries.
The introduction of hydrocarbons takes place after the timely completion of the activities of offshore commissioning. The FLNG arrived at the operational site off the coast of Mozambique in early January 2022; mooring and connection to six submarine production wells were finalized in March and May 2022 respectively.
The Coral South project reached its final investment decision in 2017; the manufacturing and construction activities of the FLNG are get started to September 2018 (with the cutting of the first steel plate for the hull) and were completed as per program in 38 mesthe, despite the pandemic of Covid-19. Coral Sul FLNG left South Korea for Mozambique in November 2021; While construction was underway in Korea, several significant activities were undertaken in Mozambique with the support of local authorities, including the ultra-deep water (2,000m) drilling and completion campaign involving the highest skills and equipment technological and operational.
Coral-Sul FLNG has been implemented with an approach based onenergy optimizationbased on a systematic analysis of efficiency. Features include, among other things, zero flaring during normal operations, the use of thermally efficient aeroderivative gas turbines for the compression of refrigerants and the generation of electricity, the use of Dry Low NOx technology to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and waste heat recovery systems for the process.
THE CORAL ON THE FLNG – The Coral Sul FLNG is 432 meters long, 66 meters wide, weighs around 220,000 tons and can accommodate up to 350 people in its eight-story housing module. The plant is located at a water depth of approximately 2,000 meters and is held in position by 20 mooring lines for a total weight of 9,000 tons.
Coral Sul FLNG has one gas liquefaction capacity of 3.4 million tons per year (MTPA) and will put into production 450 billion cubic meters of gas from the gigantic Coral field, located in the Rovuma basin. Coral-Sul FLNG is the first floating LNG plant ever installed in the deep waters of the African continent.