A senior company official told an industry gathering in Singapore last week that PFLNG Satu will deliver the first cargo in the second quarter, saying it will be ready in April. Petronas is still discussing where the LNG will be sent, but the official said it will be a normal cargo of around 60,000 tonnes.
Industry officials said Petronas will most likely use the LNG carrier Seri Camellia, built by MISC, to ship the LNG.
PFLNG Satu produced first LNG at the Kanowit gas field off Sarawak late last year via the KAKG-A central processing platform. The gas is being treated and liquefied on board the 1.2 million tonnes per annum vessel.
“We are now focusing on commissioning and want to make sure we are ready for delivery,” the official told Upstream.
The official also confirmed that the company’s second FLNG unit, PFLNG 2, is now being re-scheduled for delivery in 2020.
“We have purposely slowed down the schedule,” the official said. Petronas wants to do more research and learn more from the construction and operation of PFLNG Satu, but he added that “we still have our project team at the yard”.
Early last year, Petronas suspended the PFLNG 2 project for at least two years from an anticipated 2018 start-up amid the oil and gas sector downturn that led to sharp reductions in industry investment.
