Petronas’ first floating liquefied natural gas facility, PFLNG Satu achieved its first gas milestone on November 14, 2016 from the Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak.

Fitted with an external turret for water-depths of between 70 metres and 200 metres deep, PFLNG Satu will extract natural gas via a flexible subsea pipeline for the liquefaction, production, storage and offloading processes of LNG at the offshore gas field.

Designed to last up to 20 years without dry-docking, PFLNG Satu has the flexibility to be redeployed to multiple locations to better access marginal and stranded gas fields of Malaysia.

Petronas acting vice president LNG Assets, Development & Production, Adnan Zainal Abidin, said: “We have come a long way with our partners to deliver a game changer in the global LNG business. The shared vision for PFLNG Satu to monetise gas resources uneconomical to develop via conventional means is an achievement all can be proud of.”