Title:Prelude Around the World

Duration: 6:06 minutes

Description:

It’s been a year of remarkable achievement for Shell’s Prelude Project. From the installation of the first processing module in South Korea to the completion of the largest turret ever built in Dubai. Take a look at some of the extraordinary highlights from this world first project to liquefy natural gas at sea.

Prelude: Around the World Film Transcript

Voice Over

In a global engineering project of extraordinary scale, Shell is building a giant floating facility that will liquefy natural gas at sea.

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Didrik Reymert, FLNG Project Director

Didrik Reymert

It’s amazing, it’s very big, it’s very impressive, and it’s a fantastic achievement by everybody.

Voice Over

With its half kilometre long hull now afloat in South Korea, 2014 saw huge advances for the project around the world.

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Prelude Around the world

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Vicinay Cadenas, Bilbao, Spain

Voice Over

In Spain, brute strength and searing heat form the mooring chains that will hold Prelude in position.

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Saioa Sebastian, Project Manager, Vicinay Cadenas

Saioa Sebastian:

Every day we manufacture around 50 tonnes. That means 150 links more or less.

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17 kilometres of chain, with 24 and a half thousand links will be produced.

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FMC Technologies, Sens, France

Voice Over

In France, tests are underway on ground-breaking arms that will transfer the liquefied natural gas directly onto ships.

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Cris Moreno CSU Superintendent

Cris Moreno

It is effectively the first time that we’re running the Prelude LNG loading arm at cryogenic conditions. Yeah! It is exciting.

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Chilled to minus 162 degrees centigrade, the natural gas will be transported as a cryogenic liquid.

Cris Moreno

Good result! Very happy.

Voice Over

The first of many safety tests succeeds.

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FMC Technologies, Johor,Xmas Tree Pressure Test

Voice Over

In Malaysia, subsea equipment that will control the gas-flow from Prelude’s 7 wells is being checked for leaks.

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Kevin Lau, Subsea Engineer

Kevin Lau

We are pressuring up to 10,000 psi, which is about 300 times the pressure of your car tyres. It’s a bit like watching paint dry, but watching it dry very nervously!

Because it’s so big, and it’s the final test, yes they still get nervous, never mind how many times you do it.

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The huge pressure holds, proving the kit is fit for use.

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Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje Island, South Korea

Voice Over

In South Korea, the installation of a pipe network 450 kilometres long is well underway.

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James Nafraicheur, Pipe Engineering Lead

James Nafraicheur:

It looks like a human body full of arteries and veins, with blood flowing in-between.

Voice Over

There are more than 450,000 piping components to connect. Across the shipyard, one of the vast storage tanks, is about to receive a “pump tower”. This will take its liquefied gas up to deck for offloading.

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Jean Chaplain, Storage Tank Lead

Jean Chaplain:

Last time it was windy and it was very tricky.

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The 50 tonne structure is safely coaxed through the narrow opening.

Jean Chaplain:

OK it’s coming down

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DryDocks World, Dubai, Turret Load-Out

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In Dubai, part of the 30 story “turret”, which allows Prelude to “weathervane”, is ready to set sail for South Korea.

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Nicholas Kauffmann, FLNG Project Manager

Nicholas Kauffmann:

Everyday when I wake up and I see components this size, you know I’m struck with awe!

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In Australia, construction finishes on the onshore supply base. Everything required to support Prelude’s remote location 200km’s from shore, will be shipped from here.

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Andrew Smith, Country Chair Australia

Andrew Smith:

The warehouse is completely empty now, but within a week things will start coming in. Ahh, it’s going to be terrific to see.

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Holloway Houston, USA, Mooring Wire Strain Test

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In Texas, Prelude’s mooring cable, is strength tested to the point of destruction.

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Ewoud Van Haaften, Offshore Structures Engineer

Ewoud Van Haaften:

This wire rope, it is the biggest mooring wire rope that has ever been break load tested. So now we’re over 2500 tonnes.

Voice Over

It passes the required strength, and now it’s pushed to the limit.

Ewoud Van Haaften

More wires going… Still in one piece.

Yah! There we go! Incredible, wow. What a huge bang!

Voice Over

The sample out-performs strength requirements

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Samsung Heavy Industries,Geoje, South Korea

Voice Over

In Korea, the first of the huge gas processing modules is being lifted onto the hull.

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Huw Jones, Construction Manager

Voice Over

The 4,800 tonne module is floated to its new home.

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Dean Fresher, Heavy Lift & Transportation Lead

Dean Fresher:

At this stage, we’re about 100mil off, they’ll do the last adjustment, so when we do touchdown, that’s it, we won’t be coming up, and this module will be staying here for the next 25 years or more.

Dean Fresher:

Well done Mr Lee! 100%! 100%!

Voice Over

Piece by piece, step by step, across 4 continents and involving thousands of people, the vision of Prelude continues to become a reality.

Huw Jones:

I’m delighted, absolutely delighted! Couldn’t have asked for better really.

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