Gas Processing News

A. Blume, Editor Study for small-scale FLNG offshore Australia Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co. agreed to back a study using floating LNG (FLNG) vessels at remote gas fields of 0.5 Tft3–2 Tft3 offshore Australia that would otherwise be untapped. The consortium (led by Perth-based Transborders Energy) is targeting first production in mid-2026 at the earliest. Capital costs are expected to be approximately A$1.6 B ($1.1 B). Transborders hopes to complete preliminary design work on small-scale FLNG with TechnipFMC and Norway’s Add Energy, as well as talks with potential owners of stranded gas resources, by the end of 2019. Kyushu could be a key LNG customer and could help secure access to