LONDON-listed independent Ophir Energy is preparing plans to deploy a second floating liquefied natural gas vessel off Equatorial Guinea to exploit its gas discoveries in Block R.

Just two months after Ophir signed a deal with Golar LNG covering the first FLNG unit for Block R, Ophir’s chief operating officer Bill Higgs told Upstream that a second vessel could be on location in about 10 years’ time.

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