Shell has extended the shutdown of its beleaguered Prelude floating LNG facility and postponed the Crux development to supply more gas to the giant investment. Shell declined to be interviewed by the ABC, but said in a statement that the facility was shut down in February this year due to "an electrical trip". With Asian spot LNG prices diving to a record low this week as the coronavirus epidemic sweeping China dents demand from the world's second-largest importer of LNG, the impact of the production cut at Prelude is expected to be minimal, trade sources said. But as it sits idle 400 kilometres north of Broome, it risks becoming the world's biggest white elephant. 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The closure of the Prelude plant depressed Australia's LNG export volumes, which further took a hit from an extended shutdown of Train 2 at the Chevron Corporation CVX … The FLNG facility is expected to stay moored at the Prelude gas field offshore Western Australia for 25 years. The first shipment of LNG left Prelude in June 2019, while another left shortly before the platform was put into shutdown in February. facility and postponed the Crux development to supply more gas to the giant investment. Being a significant project in Shell’s portfolio, Prelude FLNG is a path-breaking facility for the emergence of floating LNG. In a brief statement sent to Offshore Engineer, a Shell spokesperson said Monday that the Prelude project had restarted LNG cargo shipping. Prelude FLNG platform closure. The ABC understands NOPSEMA is now assessing Prelude's revised safety management systems, required before work that risks these dangerous leaks resumes. Bartolomej Tomic. The restart of the 3.6-million-ton facility comes at … It shipped its first LNG cargo in June last year following start-up delays. Shell’s Prelude LNG, the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip. Shell has struggled through a series of safety missteps as it readies its cutting-edge Prelude floating LNG vessel for production. https://blog.crudeoilbrokers.org/2021/01/shells-prelude-flng-restarts-lng.html Jessica Jaganathan Shell’s Prelude LNG, the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip.. Prelude FLNG is the largest floating object ever built and billed as the solution to getting gas out of Australia's most remote undersea gas fields. The project is jointly owned by Shell, Japan's Inpex Corp , Korea Gas Corp and Overseas Petroleum and Investment Corp, a unit of Taiwan's CPC Corp. (Reporting by Jessica Jaganathan in SINGAPORE and Sonali Paul in MELBOURNE; Editing by Kim Coghill and Tom Hogue), Prelude FLNG - Image by CapTom - MarineTraffic. China is Australia's No.2 LNG export destination by volume, behind Japan. "Due to some technical issues, there was a delay in starting up the back-up diesel generators which impacted certain amenities on board. The restart of the 3.6-million-ton facility comes at … “LNG cargoes have resumed from Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility. Buyers of LNG in China are bracing for gas demand to be shattered by a virus epidemic that has killed more than 420 people. The Prelude FLNG facility is operated by Shell in joint venture with Inpex (17.5 percent), Kogas (10 percent) and OPIC (5 percent). But Tim Treadgold says Prelude was in trouble well before the pandemic and has shown floating LNG is not viable. "I don't think this is a teething problem, I think this is a fundamental underlying problem with the technology," he said. February 5, 2020. Prelude FLNG, the world’s largest floating LNG (FLNG) vessel, will not restart full production until 2021, according to Shell Work has been underway to restart production at Prelude FLNG since Shell suspended commercial operations at the facility offshore Broome in Western Australia in February 2020 following a series of technical issues. Shell has indicated that the process to restart operations has begun, but has not yet announced an official production restart date. Shell's massive floating LNG factory off the Kimberley coast has been in shutdown since February and industry analysts are divided on whether the $12-17 billion facility has a future. "Prelude is a multi-decade project and its success will be measured by delivering sustained performance over the long-term," the statement read. Dr Aguilera said that with many projects deferred globally, LNG prices are set to rise when world economies emerge from the pandemic downturn. https://www.marinelink.com/news/prelude-flng-wont-restart-482467 Prelude shutdown OPERATION of the world’s largest offshore facility, Shell’s embattled Prelude floating LNG vessel, has descended into chaos with Unfortunately, the Prelude FLNG doesn’t work. "This is the final phase in the multi-stage, multi-faceted, restart process," the statement read in part. "There is still too much gas and very little demand," a Singapore-based industry source said. Prelude began shipping gas in June 2019 but was forced to shut down in February last year due to problems with its diesel generators. The February shutdown followed three incidents that the offshore energy regulator NOPSEMA described as "dangerous occurrences" — two of which involved "loss of hydrocarbon containment". In a brief statement sent to Offshore Engineer, a Shell spokesperson said Monday that the Prelude project had restarted LNG cargo shipping.. "It would seem unlikely that they would cut their losses after so much effort and so many billions of dollars in investment.". Thank you to all our partners and businesses who support Prelude. Shell also declined to say when Prelude would restart production, but said a process was in its final stages. Prelude was moored over the Browse Basin in November 2017 and production began in December 2018. Prelude FLNG - Image by CapTom - MarineTraffic Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it has temporarily suspended production at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility off northwest Australia following an electrical trip on Feb. 2. With five times the steel of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and half a kilometre long, it certainly is big. Tim Treadgold is a resources industry analyst who writes for US business magazine Forbes, and says Shell is trying to keep Prelude's predicament under wraps. February 5, 2020. The troubled Prelude FLNG platform was shut down following an electrical trip and Shell has faced a number of issues over the past few months in trying to restart full production and now does not expect to ship any LNG before next year. "The accepted safety case for Prelude covers all aspects of its operations, including shutdowns and restarts. 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October 18, 2012, Major construction begins on the Prelude FLNG project - … Shell rejected the idea that Prelude could be decommissioned in their statement, saying it was too early to judge the success of the project. It is designed to produce 3.6 mtpa of LNG, 1.3 mtpa of condensate and 0.4 mtpa of LPG for export. energy regulator NOPSEMA described as "dangerous occurrences" — two of which involved "loss of hydrocarbon containment". Shell's Prelude LNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural ... gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip. Prelude is a multi-decade project, and our focus remains on delivering sustained performance over the long-term,” Shell said on Monday. But the long-term remains uncertain with Shell releasing a statement in April saying it was delaying a final investment decision on developing a gas field that would be needed to backfill Prelude in years to come "due to the global economic downturn, including the sharp drop in oil price, declining markets and uncertainties with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.". "It just hasn't worked. The Prelude was built by the Technip / Samsung Consortium in South Korea for a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, KOGAS, and Inpex. Mr Treadgold said it meant Prelude may hold its record as the world's largest floating object ever built for all the wrong reasons. "We will be in a stronger position to talk about timing of production and cargo once that has been completed.". Shell's Prelude LNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip.. The Prelude FLNG project, which shipped its first cargo in June 2019 and had not reached its full nameplate capacity, has been temporarily shut since February 2020. These issues are being resolved, and we have made the proactive decision to temporarily reduce the number of people on board," she said. Shell states this is not correct, but has not provided an exact figure of LNG shipments. NOPSEMA inspector report 2080, issued on 9 October 2019, describes the details of this event. Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off Australia, off line since early February, is working on restarting operations but would not resume full production this year. Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off Australia, off line since early February, is working on restarting operations but would not resume full production this year. There's a very real chance that Prelude will leave the coast and we'll never hear of it again.". June 29, 2017, Prelude FLNG begins its journey to Australia. The Prelude was built by the Technip / Samsung Consortium (TSC) in South Korea for a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, KOGAS, and Inpex. Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off Australia, off line since early February, is working on restarting operations but would not resume full production this year. Prelude was born out of the ashes of Woodside Petroleum's attempts to bring the undersea gas in north-west Australia's Browse Basin to an LNG processing hub on the Kimberley coast at James Price Point. Curtin University energy economist Roberto F Aguilera said Mr Treadgold's assessment was too pessimistic. "It was not just the technical electrical problems, but also industrial action, and then the pandemic which had that devastating effect on natural gas and LNG demand," he said. # offshore # LNG # FLNG See More Safety Shutdown And Cost Blowout Safety problems forced the closure of Prelude in January and a re-start date has not been set for the vessel, … Shell's Prelude LNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip.. https://www.oedigital.com/news/475328-prelude-flng-shut-down It is 488 metres (1,601 ft) long, 74 metres (243 ft) wide, and made with more than 260,000 tonnes of steel. "LNG cargoes have resumed from Shell's Prelude FLNG facility," Argus reported, citing a company statement. "It is a big deal, and it's also a big embarrassment, and that's one of the reasons why you're not hearing much from Shell," he said. Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it has temporarily suspended production at its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility off northwest Australia following an electrical trip on Feb. 2. Editor's note (August 21, 2020): An earlier version of this story stated only one LNG shipment had occurred from the Prelude platform. Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off Australia, off line since early February, is working on restarting operations but would not resume full production this year. Prelude FLNG facility is operated by Shell in … https://www.marinelink.com/news/shells-prelude-flng-restarts-lng-484420 Prelude FLNG is the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform as well as the largest offshore facility ever constructed. Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L said that its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project off Australia, off line since early February, is working on restarting operations but would not resume full production this year. May 8, 2013, Shell lays keel for world's first floating LNG project. It hasn’t worked since February 2 when it was shut down after a run of alarming safety incidents, culminating in a power failure. The Prelude project will be fired up 475 kilometres north-east of Broome, ready to liquefy natural gas straight from the ocean floor and ship it around the world. This is a short film about Prelude. Shell's Prelude FLNG, world’s largest offshore LNG facility, experienced Shutdown in Australia Netherlands based global energy giant 'Shell' faced an electrical trip from the main power generation system resulting in operations shut down on the facility "It was hoping to reinvent the way remote gas fields are developed, and you would have to say at this stage that they haven't succeeded.". October 18, 2012, Major construction begins on the Prelude FLNG project - … However, NOPSEMA said late June 16 that the current shutdown of Prelude is not at the regulator's direction, and the duration of the outage is a matter for Shell. Prelude FLNG is the largest ... was shut down in February this year due to "an electrical trip". A late start-up or a slow ramp-up to full capacity typically hurt investors in two ways – more spending and less revenue. It is 488 metres long, 74 metres wide, and made with more than 260,000 tonnes of steel. But even with a vessel that dwarfs the massive LNG ships it is supposed to offload to, cramming an LNG facility, staff accommodation, and all the other services onto Prelude, has been troubled. The Federal Government's National COVID Coordination Commission has a lot of gas industry players involved, and it appears to be showing in its policy recommendations. The vision Shell had for Prelude is now a reality. Many buyers are considering either delaying cargoes or canceling them by invoking a force majeure clause. Shell first announced the Prelude suspension on February 4. "It wouldn't surprise me at all if at some stage Prelude is towed back to where it was built in Korea.". Full production is not expected to resume before year-end. Prelude, the world's largest floating LNG facility, has the capacity to produce 3.6 million tonnes a year of LNG, 1.3 million tonnes a year of condensate and 400,000 tonnes a year of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Between the first cargo in mid-2019 and the shutdown in early 2020 Prelude was producing LNG at about half its design capacity. The technical issues are documented by Peter Milne on the Boiling Cold website here. 'He sold us out': Trump failed the QAnon faithful, so now where do they go? Prelude FLNG is the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform as well as the largest offshore facility ever constructed. When Woodside pulled the pin on James Price Point in 2013 as forecast costs went stratospheric, Shell was already building Prelude in a Korean shipyard. The Prelude FLNG facility is operated by Shell in joint venture with Inpex (17.5 percent), Kogas (10 percent) and OPIC (5 percent). No further explanation was provided about the problem or why it has now kept Prelude shut down for six months. July 25, 2017, Prelude arrives in Australia - a new era for the LNG industry. "That has given a serious hit to the project, but the same is true of LNG all over the world.". The vessel will displace around 660,000 tonnes when fully loaded, more than five times the displacement of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The troubled Prelude FLNG platform was shut down following an electrical trip and Shell has faced a number of issues over the past few months … This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. June 29, 2017, Prelude FLNG begins its journey to Australia. It is designed to produce 3.6 mtpa of LNG, 1.3 mtpa of condensate and 0.4 mtpa of LPG for export. Located approximately 475 km north-northeast of Broome in Western Australia, Prelude FLNG facility has the capacity to produce 3.6 mta of LNG, 1.3 mta of condensate and 0.4 mta of liquefied petroleum gas. The loss of containment led to the activation of two gas detectors and an Emergency Shutdown (ESD) 2 event. "Prelude is obviously not profitable, no-one's going to build another one like it until it's proven to be profitable," he said. The story has been updated to reflect the additional information it provided. https://blog.crudeoilbrokers.org/2021/01/shells-prelude-flng-restarts-lng.html Shell have never revealed the cost of construction, but even at the estimated figures of $12-17 billion, and with no land-based approvals needed, floating LNG seemed to solve the problems that plagued building new onshore facilities. Prelude FLNG Shut Down Jessica Jaganathan. In a brief statement sent to Offshore Engineer, a Shell spokesperson said Monday that the Prelude project had restarted LNG cargo shipping.. Shell's Prelude LNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, offshore Australia, has resumed LNG cargo shipments, almost one year after a shutdown caused by an electrical trip.In a brief statement sent to Offshore Engineer… Shell to Write Down O&G Asset Value by Up To $4.5B The oil and gas industry has a history of rough beginnings for new facilities, and Dr Aguilera said Prelude will recover from a trifecta of challenges. An electrical trip at the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility off Western Australia has seen Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell shut down production and evacuate some staff. The moves relayed to Boiling Cold by a number of industry sources were confirmed by Shell this morning "Work continues to restore full operations on Prelude," a Shell spokesperson said. Here's how the process works, Thousands in Hong Kong locked down to contain COVID-19 outbreak, 'Delighted to help the lads out': Goalkeeper sets world record by scoring goal, Taiwan Foreign Minister warns China is 'forcing itself' into the Pacific, Heat Waves by Glass Animals takes out triple j Hottest 100, Dog spends days outside hospital waiting for sick owner to emerge, Western United beat Perth Glory 5-4 after thrilling eight-goal second half in A-League classic, Roar's equal-biggest-ever win down to belief and a club legend, 'A very special man': Hank Aaron, Major League Baseball's one-time home run king, dies at 86. It's a unique technology, very complex," Dr Aguilera said. Work is underway to restore full operations, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday. July 25, 2017, Prelude arrives in Australia - a new era for the LNG industry. In a statement, Shell did not specify how many shipments of LNG had taken place, but said "regular offtake of LNG, LPG and condensate cargoes" had occurred up until January. Australian Prelude LNG project. "LNG cargoes have resumed from Shell's Prelude FLNG facility," Argus reported, citing a company statement. May 8, 2013, Shell lays keel for world's first floating LNG project. "There is no doubt the facility has had trouble. Shell Australia attempts to bring Prelude FLNG back online SUPERMAJOR Shell has begun the process of re-starting production from its fields connected to the Prelude Floating LNG vessel offshore Western Australia, however is facing difficulties eight months after the facility was shut down over engineering problems. An electrical trip at the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility off Western Australia has seen Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell shut down production and evacuate some staff. 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