According to separate statements by Eni and WNE, the launching of the hull took place on Saturday.
In Congo’s Lingala language, Nguya means strength, energy, and the ability to deliver projects effectively, Eni said.
WNE won a contract from Italy’s Eni in December 2022 to build a 380 meters long 2.4 mtpa FLNG and officially started work on the project in January last year.
Earlier this year, WNE also completed the installation of all four SPB LNG tanks and two LPG tanks on Eni’s Congo FLNG.
The FLNG will be able to store over 180,000 cubic meters of LNG.
2025
The new FLNG will serve Eni’s Congo project which will reach an overall LNG production capacity of 3 million tons per year, or about 4.5 billion cubic meters/year, from 2025.
Eni confirmed the schedule of Congo LNG’s Phase 2 startup saying the FLNG will be operational by the end of 2025.
According to Eni, completion activities for Nguya FLNG have progressed at 80 percent, while overall Phase 2 timing – from FLNG contract award to startup – is expected to amount to less than 3 years.
The FLNG will complement the existing Tango FLNG, which launched operations in December 2023.
In February this year, Eni shipped the first LNG cargo from its Tango FLNG moored in Congolese waters and this shipment arrived at Snam’s FSRU-based facility in Piombino in April.
The Italian firm purchased the 144 meters long Tango FLNG from Belgium’s Exmar and chartered the 2002-built steam turbine LNG carrier, Excalibur, to serve as an FSU for the project.
The floating LNG producer, delivered in 2017 by WNE, has a liquefaction capacity of about 1 billion cubic meters per year of gas, or 0.6 mtpa, and a storage capacity of 16,100 cbm.
