Samsung Heavy announced on Monday that it had signed a contract for preliminary work prior to the main contract for offshore production facilities with an owner in Africa.
The contract is worth 869.4 billion won or about $640 million.
Samsung Heavy did not provide further information.
Sources told LNG Prime that the contract is related to the Coral Norte FLNG project.
Earlier this year, Eni received approval from the government of Mozambique for its second FLNG project in Mozambique, moving forward towards the exploitation of the natural gas resources of the Coral deposit, located in Area 4 offshore of the Rovuma Basin.
The project involves the production of 3.55 million metric tons of LNG per annum.
Coral North FLNG will be a replica of the Coral South FLNG, which has proven to be effective for deepwater production and also has already exported more than 100 LNG shipments.
Eni discovered Coral back in May 2012, and it operates the Area 4 along its partners ExxonMobil, CNPC, Galp, Kogas, and ENH.
Earlier this year, Adnoc’s investment unit XRG completed the purchase of Galp’s 10 percent interest in the Area 4 concession of the Rovuma basin.
In November 2022, the Coral Sul FLNG shipped its first cargo of LNG, adding Mozambique to the LNG producing countries.
The FLNG shipped its 100th cargo of LNG in April 2025.
The TJS consortium, consisting of Technip Energies, JGC, and Samsung Heavy, built the unit for Eni, the first floating LNG facility ever to be deployed in the deep waters of the African continent.
Last year, Arnaud Pieton, CEO of LNG engineering giant Technip Energies, said there is a “high possibility” that Eni would take FID on the second FLNG project in Mozambique in 2024, but it could also be in 2025.
