Petronas FLNG contract goes to Yokogawa

Yokogawa Electric’s unit Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) has received an order from a consortium comprising JGC Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries that will supply control systems and safety instrumented systems for Petronas’ second FLNG, PFLNG2.

Under the terms of the contract, Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia) will deliver an integrated control & safety system (ICSS) for the monitoring and control of the liquefaction facilities and storage tanks on PFLNG2.

The ICSS will consist of a Yokogawa CENTUM® VP integrated production control system, a ProSafe®-RS safety instrumented system, a Plant Resource Manager (PRM®) package, a plant information management system, and other components, the company said in a statement.

Yokogawa Kontrol will also be responsible for engineering, and the support of installation, commissioning, and training.

The PFLNG2 facility will be moored offshore of Sabah, Malaysia, and is designed to produce 1.5 million tons of LNG a year, with production scheduled to start in early 2018.