Genting selects Chinese firm to build FLNG for deployment off Indonesia

The Genting Group, via subsidiaries Genting Oil and Gas and Layar Nusantara Gas, have awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) to China's Wison New Energies for a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility with an output of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). Pursuant to the EPCIC contract, Wison will construct the FLNG facility at its shipyards located near Nantong and Zhoushan.

After passing yard performance tests, the FLNG facility will be towed to its final destination at Teluk Bintuni, West Papua, Indonesia, where the final commissioning will be undertaken. The project duration is estimated to be 27 months from the execution of the EPCIC contract followed by an 18-month warranty period.

The target sail-away date from Zhoushan will be in the second quarter of 2026. The feed gas for the FLNG facility will be supplied from the Asap, Merah and Kido structures within the concession area of the Kasuri Block in West Papua.