ABB has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for the second commercial floating LNG (FLNG) facility to be owned by PETRONAS, a press release said. It will be called PFLNG2.
The contract was awarded in fourth-quarter 2014 by Japanese engineering contractor JGC Corp. JGC is part of a consortium that is building the facility for PETRONAS, along with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea.
Under the terms of the contract, ABB will support the optimization of the facility’s electrical side by designing, manufacturing and supplying transformers, switchboards, motor-control centers and power management system. In addition, ABB also will manage the installation of the equipment and ensure the electrical supply is integrated with systems it is powering.
The PFLNG2 will be built at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard in Geoje, South Korea, in 2015. When operations start in 2018, the facility will be moored over the deepwater Rotan gas field located off the Malaysian coast. It is designed to produce 1.5 million tons of LNG annually for at least 20 years before it requires a dry dock.
The machinery and controls supplied by ABB for PFLNG2 will be accommodated in two electrical houses. These prefabricated steel substations designed by ABB ensure the equipment remains safe from the corrosive marine environment as well as hazardous gas and provide a safe environment for the operation crew.
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