Chinese firm Hilong Petroleum Offshore Engineering has been awarded a transportation and installation contract for the second phase of Eni’s Congo LNG project.
The scope of the contract, worth around $56m, is for the transport and installation of two wellhead platforms. The deal will last for six months with a start date in June. Operations are scheduled to be completed in mid-November 2025.
Gas from the two platforms will be transported to a floating production unit, currently under conversion from the Scarabeo 5 rig at CIMC Raffles yard in China. It will separate gas from liquids and feed the gas to the Nguya FLNG which will be stationed nearby. It will be stationed northwest of the Djeno terminal in a water depth of around 35 m.
The FLNG unit is currently going through the final stages of construction at Wison New Energies’ yard in China. It is designed to produce 2.4 mtpa of LNG.
Eni already has the Tango FLNG operating off Congo-Brazzaville. The 0.6 mtpa unit was commissioned in December 2023. The total liquefaction capacity for Eni’s Congo LNG project will reach 3 mtpa by the end of 2025.
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