LNG

Sept 18 (LNGJ) - Royal Boskalis Westminster of the Netherlands said its Smit Lamnalco joint venture was awarded “a substantial 10-year contract with additional extension options” to provide integrated marine services to the first Mozambique LNG project, the Coral floating production venture being developed by Eni of Italy and partners offshore the southeast African nation.

   “This marks the first terminal services contract award for the Mozambique offshore LNG developments,” said Boskalis. The contract value for the Smit Lamnalco unit amounts to around $200 million and services will start in early 2022. The Boskalis company would deploy three new 95-ton bollard pull tugs to provide escort, berthing and unberthing services to LNG carriers at the FLNG facility.

   Coral FLNG is a consortium comprising Eni, ExxonMobil, China National Petroleum Corp., Korea Gas Corp., Galp Energia of Portugal and the Mozambican State Hydrocarbon Company (ENH).

Woodside, the Australian LNG plant operator, said it awarded a contract to the local subsidiary of Dutch dredging and heavy-lift company Boskalis to undertake seabed intervention and excavation works for the proposed Scarborough natural gas pipeline.