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Coral Sul FLNG

Coral Sul FLNG is a purpose-built floating liquefied-natural-gas facility producing LNG and condensate from the Coral South reservoir in Mozambique’s Offshore Area 4. First gas entered the vessel in June 2022 and the first LNG cargo was exported in November. Permanently turret-moored about 80 kilometres offshore in roughly 2,000 metres of water, it treats, liquefies, stores and directly loads products to carriers.

Operator: Eni

Status: Operational

Coral Sul FLNG platform photo

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Production: Gas

Operations start: 2022

Water depth: 2000 m

Country: Mozambique

Block: Area 4

Type: FPSO

Field

Coral lies offshore Cabo Delgado Province in the deep-water Rovuma Basin. The giant gas accumulation is hosted by high-quality Lower-Eocene deep-marine sandstone reservoirs deposited as turbidite channels and basin-floor lobes. Coral South develops the southern reservoir area through six ultra-deep-water subsea wells connected directly to one FLNG facility, eliminating the need for a fixed processing platform or an export pipeline to shore.

Facilities

Coral South is developed through six subsea gas wells drilled in approximately 2,000 metres of water. Subsea trees, gathering equipment, flexible flowlines, risers and electro-hydraulic umbilicals transport the untreated gas-condensate stream and provide well control between the seabed and Coral Sul. The wells have an average drilled depth of about 3,000 metres. The FLNG carries twelve principal gas-treatment and liquefaction modules. Installed functions include inlet separation, feed-gas treatment, dehydration, condensate stabilisation, refrigerant compression, boil-off-gas handling and LNG liquefaction using the AP-DMR dual-mixed-refrigerant process. Condensate and LNG are stored separately within the hull. Four marine loading arms support side-by-side LNG transfer to carriers. Metering, chemical systems, flare and pressure relief, onboard power generation, firewater, fire-and-gas detection, emergency shutdown, process and subsea controls, marine utilities and an eight-storey accommodation block support permanent operation. The ship-shaped facility is approximately 432 metres long and 66 metres wide. Eight Mark III membrane LNG tanks provide 238,700 cubic metres of LNG storage, with separate condensate storage. A turret system connects the subsea risers and allows the vessel to respond to changing environmental loads. Twenty permanent mooring lines, with a combined weight of about 9,000 tonnes, secure the unit at the ultra-deep-water site. LNG carriers load directly alongside through the four-arm transfer system, while condensate is also exported by tanker. No permanent product pipeline links Coral Sul to shore.

Coral Sul FLNG layout

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