Dixstone announced the arrival of the Bran6 barge at UAE’s Hamriyah port in Sharjah in a social media post on Monday, marking the “official commencement of our exciting FLNG project.”
The barge, which docked last week, will be converted into a “fully functional FLNG plant for our client Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon,” the company said.
“With this FLNG barge, we are pioneering new small-scale LNG solutions in remote countries to unlock marginal stranded gas reserves and support the efforts in global flaring reduction by cutting emissions and improving delivery to demanding markets,” the Dutch firm said.
Dixstone did not provide further information.
In September, Dixstone announced it had secured a construction, procurement, and integration contract for Perenco’s floating LNG export project at Cap Lopez, saying the project includes a near-shore liquefaction barge and LNG storage.
According to Dixstone, this project will produce 0.7 mtpa of LNG and 25,000 tons of LPG per year in the first phase.
The firm also said the project will have a storage capacity of 137,000 cbm in an ex-gas tanker converted to a floating storage and offloading unit.
$1 billion
Last year, Perenco announced a positive final investment decision on the liquefaction plant in Gabon worth more than $1 billion.
The project will see the transformation of Cap Lopez into both an oil and gas terminal.
Perenco’s unit in Gabon operates onshore and offshore licenses, as well as floating offshore storage and offloading (FPSO) units.
The company then said it expected the LNG production facility to be completed in about three years.
Earlier this year, Perenco purchased a stake in floating LNG player Golar LNG.
The company’s investment affiliate Naria has taken a 9.9 percent stake in Golar.
Golar and Perenco are partners in the FLNG project located offshore Cameroon’s Kribi.
The FLNG recently offloaded its 122nd cargo of LNG since it started operations in 2018.
From 2027, the unit is expected to work in Argentina.
In July, Golar LNG entered into definitive agreements with Argentina’s Pan American Energy for a 20-year deployment of this FLNG in Argentina.
