The award of front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for Nigeria’s first-ever floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project is underway.
The project has been awarded to Nigerian independent UTM Offshore by Paris-based Technip Energies, Japan’s JGC, and US services giant KBR.
With a capacity of 1.2 million tons per year, the planned facility will process and liquefy gas from the Yoho crude oil field offshore Nigeria.
Technip Energies will be responsible for the hull and the mooring system design, while JGC will handle the topsides design.
Yoho began producing crude in 2003. State-owned oil corporation NNPC in Nigeria owns the remaining 60% of the field, with ExxonMobil subsidiary MPN owning 40% of the share and operating it. Before 2027, the first production is anticipated, with the massive commodities trading company Vitol set to purchase the LNG.
