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Top, above and
next page: This
LNG storage tank
will hold 180,000
cubic metres of
LNG at Gorgon;
an illustration of
the Wheatstone
plant, looking
south; aerial view
of the Gorgon
construction village
on Barrow Island.
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unmatched in scale. "A lot of companies will
be saying, if FLNG [floating LNG] works,
why don't we try it? There are obviously
some advantages in FLNG, such as lower
capital costs," says Grafton.
Prelude will float directly above
wellheads, eliminating the need for long
trunk lines on the seabed or lengthy
approval processes for onshore plants.
Shell says a floating plant ticks all the
boxes for minimising the risk of scarring
the environment, and you'd have to expect
Woodside, an Australian company planning
an onshore LNG plant near Broome, in
WA, would be keeping a close eye on it.
Woodside faces strenuous opposition from
"So far [Santos] has invested
about $26 million in the local
community, including nearly
$10 million for the Aero Medical
Evacuation Retrieval Service."
