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Eni to deploy, install
second FLNG unit at
Marine XII offshore ROC
PROJECTS ITALY’S Eni revealed on December 22 that it raise Eni’s LNG production capacity at Marine
had arranged to deploy and install a second float- XII up to 3mn tpy.
ing LNG (FLNG) unit at the Marine XII block The statement did not disclose the value of
located offshore Republic of Congo (ROC). the Italian major’s contract with Wison. It did
The Italian major acquired the first unit – the report, however, that work on the new FLNG
Tango FLNG, which has a production capacity was already underway. “Preliminary activi-
of 600,000 tonnes per year (tpy) – for Marine XII ties have already started, with long lead items
last August. However, the second unit will be a ordered and steel cut of cryogenic tanks [occur-
newbuild FLNG of a considerably larger size. ring] on December 20,” it said.
Eni explained in a statement that it had Eni will be installing the FLNG units at
signed a contract with China’s Wison Heavy Marine XII within the framework of a plan to
Industry for the construction and installation of monetise the block’s natural and associated gas
an FLNG unit capable of liquefying 2.4mn tpy reserves. The company already pipes gas from
of natural gas. its offshore fields to shore for use at two onshore
When finished, the vessel will be around thermal power plant (TPPs), Central Électrique
380 metres long and 60 metres wide. It will also du Congo (CEC) and Central Électrique du
be capable of storing more than 180,000 cubic Djeno (CED), which account for the majority of
metres of LNG and 45,000 cubic metres of LPG. ROC’s electricity production. It is now looking
The second FLNG is slated to begin operat- to expand into the LNG export arena in order to
ing in 2025. Together with Tango FLNG, which increase its revenues and meet energy demand
is due to begin production later this year, it will in Europe.
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