KBR, as Höegh’s preferred engineer, will study the King liquefied natural gas-floating production storage and offloading (LNG-FPSO) facility that is being evaluated for Noble Energy’s Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel.
The second FLNG pre-FEED study to be delivered in four months, is for an unnamed project offshore Australia with two million tons per annum capacity.
The deal entails offering a total installed cost estimate for the project considering Höegh’s existing LNG FPSO FEED study and adapting the capex cost for the operator’s field-specific basis of design.
Höegh LNG expects FEED to commence in the first quarter of 2012 if the project economics are identified as viable through the studies.
KBR Group Hydrocarbons president Roy Oelking said the company’s initial engineering work for the LNG FPSO solution will support Höegh LNG’s already-developed concept.
"We are pleased to work with Höegh LNG, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., and the Tamar field owners in developing one of the first LNG FPSOs to come to market," he added.
"KBR has been working with Höegh LNG since 2010 and we are confident that, together, we will help Höegh deliver the optimum solution for bringing Tamar gas to the market."
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