Shell Australia's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)
facility, the first deployment of Shell's FLNG technology, arrived in
Australian waters on Tuesday, the company announced.
Prelude FLNG
will see a 488 meter-long floating facility extracting and liquefying
gas at sea, before it is exported to customers around the globe.
Shell expects to see cashflow from the project during 2018.
Shell
awarded a majority of Prelude contracts to Australian contractors,
including that awarded to Australian engineering company Monadelphous
for maintenance and modification services valued at $200 million,
according to Shell Australia's Chairman Zoe Yujnovich.
The project
will employ 260 local workers on board the facility during operations
and create over 1,500 jobs during the hook-up and commissioning phase of
the project, Shell said.
(Anadolu Agency)