
Prelude FLNG in numbers
The Prelude FLNG facility produces natural gas off the coast of Australia. Discover the numbers behind the project.
>600
engineers worked on the facility's design options
>200km (125 miles)
is the distance from the Prelude field to the nearest land
4 soccer fields,
laid end to end, would be shorter than the facility's deck
175 Olympic-sized swimming pools
could hold the same amount of liquid as the facility’s storage tanks
6,700 horsepower
thrusters will be used to position the facility
50 million litres
of cold water will be drawn from the ocean every hour to help cool the natural gas
6 of the largest aircraft carriers
would displace the same amount of water as the facility
93 metres (305 feet)
is the height of the turret that runs through the facility, secured to the seabed by mooring lines
-162° Celsius (-260° Fahrenheit)
is the temperature at which natural gas turns into LNG
1/600
is the factor by which a volume of natural gas shrinks when it is turned into LNG
117% of Hong Kong's annual natural gas demand
could be met by the facility's annual LNG production
20-25 years
is the time the Prelude FLNG facility will stay at the location to develop gas fields
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