Prelude Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Shell
- Country: Australia
- Location: Browse Basin
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The Prelude field is located in the Browse Basin, northeast of Broome Western Australia, in water depths of approximately 820 feet (250 meters).
- The development consists of the Prelude Floating LNG Terminal and related subsea facilities
- The subsea facilities include:
- Two production manifolds
- One riser base manifold
- Four production flowlines
- One subsea umbilical and associated subsea distribution hardware
- Jumpers, steel flying leads, umbilical termination assemblies
- 16 mooring lines and 16 piles
Contractors
- FMC: Supply of seven large bore subsea production trees, production manifolds, riser bases, subsea control systems and other related equipment
- Technip: project management, fabrication, transport and installation of subsea equipment
- Wood Group Kenny: Development and implementation of the flexible riser integrity management plan, as well as inspection, monitoring, testing and on call engineering support.
History
- 2012 - Technip awarded installation contract
- 2016 - Wood Group Kenny awarded flexible riser integrity management contract
Geology
Links
- Prelude Subsea Installation, National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
- FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for Shell's Prelude Project
- Technip awarded subsea contract for Shell’s Prelude FLNG development
- Wood Group wins Shell Prelude FLNG contract
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