Samsung and MISC both highlight next-gen offshore manufacturing

During a power industry trade show in Houston, Texas, Samsung Heavy Industries and MISC Berhad unveiled their future production unit designs to meet the continued strong demand for offshore power generation. Samsung is extending its leadership position with the Floating Liquified Natural Gas Product Facility (FLNG), while MISC has introduced the oil sector’s first future-ready Floating Production Storage & Offloading Unit (FPSO).By integrating sustainable technologies, MISC’s design has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by almost 40% per barrel. Both companies highlighted the improved efficiencies and economics their designs would bring to market and have received approval in principle from DNV and ABS respectively.

Samsung’s next generation FLNG model aims to provide fast and efficient deployment, greater flexibility, and a more economical onshore installation solution. By standardizing the width and height of the hull, the design can easily be expanded from 180,000 to 245,000 cbm of capacity, shortening development time, making it possible to build and deploy the units faster. Samsung has already built the largest existing FLNG in the world and applying some of the new designs to Petronas’ recently won contract.

MISC’s FPSO design would minimize interfaces and improve system integration with eight mega-module topsides, which would reduce the overall engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) schedule and optimize capital expenditures. The design includes a double-sided single bottom hull, accommodating the topside mega modules, with a riser balcony on the port side and can accommodate up to 51 riser slots. The upper processing and supply systems can process 225,000 bpd, 424 MMScfd gas with 250,000 bpd water injection and treat up to 60 mol% CO2 in the drill stream. The design is one of the largest FPSOs on the market, and with combined power generation and an all-electric drive, it is also future-ready.

Source: News Network

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