Petronas, an oil and gas company, has selected technology equipment and services provider GE Oil & Gas to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the former’s second floating LNG (FLNG) facility being developed off the coast of East Malaysia. As part of its contract, GE will supply four of its PGT25+G4 gas turbine generator systems and two nitrogen trains featuring two LM6000-PF+ 2BCL907 aeroderivative gas turbines in mechanical-drive mode. The project will enable offshore LNG production in certain smaller gas fields that are lacking pipelines to an onshore LNG plant. The FLNG facility will commence its commercial operations in the third quarter of 2017 and will be fully operational by the first quarter of 2018. The facility is expected to produce about 1.5 mtpa of LNG after its completion.
