Ophir Energy hopes that its Fortuna scheme off Equatorial Guinea will be the world’s fourth floating liquefied natural gas project to come on line.
Petronas’ Satu FLNG project came on line off Malaysia this year, with Shell’s huge Prelude vessel now undergoing commissioning off Australia.
Perenco’s Kribi FLNG scheme in Cameroon is due to deliver its debut cargos early next year, with Ophir targeting 2020 or 2021 to begin production from Fortuna.