LNG

Shell has again suspended production at the “Prelude” floating LNG facility offshore northwest Australia because of an electric trip, an issue that had previously led to long shutdowns for safety investigations.

Royal Dutch Shell said its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas export plant off the coast of northwest Australia would not resume full production this year after being shut down in February 2020 because of safety issues.

Royal Dutch Shell has been given more time by the Australian regulatory authorities to meet additional safety requirements on its Prelude floating LNG export hull deployed offshore northwest Australia.

The Royal Dutch Shell-operated Prelude floating liquefied natural production hull offshore northwest Australia has already shipped more than six cargoes and will enable the Australians in 2020 to retain their No. 1 spot in the global LNG production table ahead of Qatar with 80 million tonnes per annum of output.

Royal Dutch Shell said it was ready to add 3.6 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas to Australian output with the imminent start-up of the Prelude floating LNG plant offshore northwest Australia.

Royal Dutch Shell said it was taking its time to start commercial operations from its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project offshore northwest Australia to make sure everything went according to plans.

Royal Dutch Shell said its annual LNG sales volumes rose by 8 percent to more than 71 million tonnes, including 17.39 million tonnes in the fourth quarter as higher prices boosted earnings and the Anglo-Dutch company progressed with commissioning of the Prelude floating LNG plant offshore northwest Australia.

The Royal Dutch Shell-led Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project offshore northwest Australia has begun production and will add 3.6 million tonnes per annum of LNG to output that will help make the nation the world’s largest producer in 2019.