Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG)

Floating Liquefied Natural Gas is the production concept that puts gas treatment, liquefaction, storage, and offloading on a single moored offshore vessel, so a gas field can be developed without a pipeline to a land liquefaction plant. FLNG units are among the largest and most complex floating structures built; Shell’s Prelude is the best-known example. The technology unlocks stranded offshore gas but concentrates an entire LNG value chain onto one hull, raising the engineering and safety stakes.