Petronas Awards FEED For Third Floating LNG Project

Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas has awarded two contracts as part of an international dual Front End Engineering Design (FEED) design competition for a nearshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Sabah.

Petronas stated that the first contract was awarded to a consortium of JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries while the other was given to Italy’s Saipem.

The project, with a minimum capacity of 2.0 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) is a first of its kind in Malaysia.

The FEED design competition is expected to take place over the course of 10 months with the Final Investment Decision (FID) planned for the end of 2022.

Subject to FID, the winning FEED contractor will be rolled over to the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) phase. The nearshore LNG plant is planned to be ready for start-up by the end of 2026.

According to Petronas, the design and construction of the nearshore plant are expected to be simpler and upon completion, have the potential for improved production uptime as it will be located within a protected bay area as compared to an offshore floating LNG facility in the open seas.

“Petronas continues to provide greater access to cleaner energy sources such as natural gas. The development of Sabah’s first nearshore LNG plant reflects our technological expertise where we continue to innovate modern solutions to monetize gas resources in an optimized and environmentally-friendly manner,” Petronas Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Gas and New Energy Adnan Zainal Abidin said.

Upon completion, the nearshore LNG plant will increase Petronas’ LNG production from floating LNG facilities from 2.7 MTPA to 4.7 MTPA.

At the moment, Petronas operates two floating LNG facilities, the PFLNG Satu and the PFLNG Dua, at the Kebabangan and Rotan offshore gas fields, respectively.

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