Wison said on Tuesday this marks the official entry of Indonesia’s first FLNG facility into the core construction phase.
In June 2024, Wison and Genting’s two subsidiaries, Genting Oil & Gas and Layar Nusantara Gas, entered into an EPCIC (engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning) contract for the Genting FLNG project.
The contract is worth about $1 billion.
Prior to entering into the EPCIC contract, the firms executed a limited notice to proceed for the procurement of long lead items in 2023.
Currently, 90 percent of the ship models are undergoing assessment, while the main hull detailing and topside process system design are in the final stages of completion, Wison said.
The FLNG facility with a total length of about 278.8 meters, a width of 60 meters, and an operational water depth of 32.8 meters, adopts Wison’s self-developed standardized design.
Genting previously said the target sail away date from the shipyard will be in the second quarter of 2026.
Once ready for operations in Indonesia, the FLNG will receive feed gas from the Asap, Merah, and Kido structures within the concession area of the Kasuri block in West Papua.
The block is operated by Genting Oil Kasuri (GOKPL), another 95 percent-owned indirect subsidiary of Genting.
Also, the government of Indonesia approved the revised first phase plan of development for the Asap, Merah, and Kido structures in February 2023.
This allows the supply of 230 million cubic feet per day of natural gas to the FLNG facility for 18 years, as well as another supply of 101 mmcfd of natural gas to an ammonia and urea plant to be built in West Papua, Indonesia for 17 years, Genting said.
Qidong yard
Wison said in a separate statement it has started building a new yard for offshore facilities in Qidong.
The company announced in August last year that it will build this new yard in the Qidong Lusi Port Economic Development Zone.
Wison said the yard spans about 1.2 million square meters, has a coastline of 1,372 meters, and is equipped with a 520M(L) x 90M(W) offshore dock.
Phase I of the project is anticipated to be completed and put into operation by the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Wison.
“The Qidong yard will further empower Wison by delivering competitive integrated EPCIC solutions, such as large and ultra-large FLNG units, low-carbon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, and modular projects,” it said.
