A5EA, the first core process module of the Canada Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project has departed from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)'s COOEC Qingdao Yard in East China's Shandong Province.
A5EA, the first core module of the Canada Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project, is ready for shipment at CNOOC's COOEC Qingdao Yard in Shandong Province. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
According to Zhuang Hongchang, manager of the Canada LNG project, the A5EA module is composed of three main decks and is higher than a 13-storey building and weighs nearly 4,000 cars.
The module is shipped by the large-scale semi-submersible carrier FORTE and will travel about 5,170 nautical miles. It is scheduled to arrive at the construction site by the end of February.
FORTE, a large-scale semi-submersible carrier carrying the A5EA module departs from the yard. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
According to CNOOC, the 34 other modules of the Canada LNG project in addition to the recently-transported A5EA are all in normal progress according to the schedule. Structures of 21 of them have been topped out and nearly 65 percent of the overall construction has been completed.
The most highly-invested energy project in the country, the Canada LNG project is the world's first integrated constructed LNG plant constructed by China. It is designed with four production lines.
The first phase of the project includes two production lines with an annual LNG production capacity of 13 million metric tons.
Once operational, the project will supply high-quality LNG to Asia and will help diversify China's natural gas import channels.
A bird's-eye view of the A5EA module of the Canada LNG Project on the semi-submersible carrier [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Contracted by CNOOC's Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd (COOEC), the project is the first of its kind in the world to realize the integrated construction of core process modules and pipe gallery module. A number of new processes and technologies have also been developed during the construction.
Since 2010, the company has completed several international large-scale LNG modular construction projects such as Gorgon and Ichthys LNG projects in Australia and delivered core modules for the Yamal LNG project — the world's first polar LNG plant — in August 2017.
(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)
