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The first phase of the petrochemical complex was inaugurated in February 2017. It delivered a styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) unit with a capacity of 35,000 tonnes/yr and a PBR unit with a capacity of 18,000 tonnes/yr.
NPC said it has plans to add 6mn tonnes/yr of new capacity to the Mahshahr Special Petro- chemical Economic Zone, which is part of the
Mahshahr Special Economic Zone.
The petrochemical industry is one of the
most important suppliers of hard currency to the Iranian economy.
As things stand, Iran is officially producing nearly 56mn tonnes of petrochemicals per year, with 21mn tons exported to 30 different destina- tions worldwide.
TRANSPORT
Eni says hull of Coral South FLNG vessel is complete
MOZAMBIQUE
ITALY’S Eni reported on January 14 that it had marked the completion of the hull of a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel that will be used for the Coral South LNG project in Mozambique.
In a statement, the company said it had cel- ebrated the launch of the hull – which is 432 metres long and 66 metres wide and weighs in at around 140,000 tonnes – by a shipyard owned by Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea.
The launch served to highlight the fact that work on the FLNG has been proceeding on schedule, it added. It explained that the vessel was already 60% complete and would be ready in time for production to begin as planned in 2022.
Eventually, the Italian company said, the hull will be fitted with an eight-storey accommoda- tion unit capable of housing up to 350 people. This module has already been finished and is ready to be integrated with the hull, it said.
Meanwhile, it stated, SHI’s Geoje shipyard is
engaged in fabrication activities for the FLNG’s 12 gas treatment and liquefaction modules. All of the key pieces of equipment needed to finish these modules are ready for integration into the hull, and the first deck stacking has been exe- cuted, it said.
Eni and its partners have said they intend to use the FLNG to process gas extracted from the Coral South licence area, which lies off- shore Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. The vessel will be able to turn out 3.4mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG, and the partners will use 20 mooring lines weighing 9,000 tonnes altogether to anchor it in 2,000-metre-deep water at a site almost 50km from the coast.
The Coral South FLNG will be the world’s first ultra-deepwater gas liquefaction facility.
Eni was the first international oil company (IOC) to sign on to a major LNG scheme in Mozambique. In 2017, it made an FID in favour of going forward with the $10bn Coral South LNG project.
The hull of the Coral Sul South FPSO was launched on January 14 (Photo: Eni)
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