KT Maritime recently celebrated the naming ceremony of two Infield Support Vessels (ISVs) at ASL Shipyards in Singapore.The ISVs are purpose-built to support Shell’s FLNG facility Prelude.
Prelude FLNG will produce and export LNG off the coast of Australia. The Prelude FLNG facility will be located in the Prelude and Concerto gas fields in the Browse LNG Basin 200 kilometres (120 mi) off the coast of Australia.
Together with a third ISV which was completed earlier this year, the vessels will be employed to manoeuvre LNG and LPG carriers alongside the Prelude, as well as assist with condensate offtakes, emergency response and personnel transfer.
Mr. Ard-Jan Kooren, Director of KT Maritime and acting CEO of KOTUG stated,
“This is a historic moment for KT Maritime as well as ASL Shipyards. With the development of FLNGs, natural gas production is moving in a new direction and our new ISVs are at the vanguard to support that development.”
KT Maritime’s Business Development Manager Mr. Jamie Anderson, added
“KT Maritime are extremely privileged to be part of such a historic project, our team is extremely excited to take on the responsibility of pioneering the use of infield support vessels in supporting a FLNG facility”.
Source & Image credit: KOTUG
