Shell floats hull of enormous rig

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In this Nov. 30, 2013 photo provided by Shell on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, the floating facility “Prelude” lies in the shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industry in Geoje, South Korea. The 488-meter (1,600 foot) hull of the structure was floated out of the dry dock where it is being built in Geoje, Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Tuesday. Prelude is constructed to process natural gas off the coast of western Australia and designed to take in the equivalent of 110,000 barrels of oil per day in natural gas and cool it into liquefied natural gas for transport and sale in Asia. It will float above gas fields and the company says it will be able to remain in place through a category 5 cyclone.

Shell floats hull of enormous rig
The Associated Press
December 3, 2013 Updated 18 hours ago

AMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has completed building the hull of the world's largest floating facility, which has been constructed to process natural gas off the coast of western Australia.

Shell said Tuesday that the 488-meter (1,600 foot) hull of the structure, known as "Prelude," was floated out of the dry dock in Geoje, South Korea where it is being built.

Prelude is designed to take in the equivalent of 110,000 barrels of oil per day in natural gas and cool it into liquefied natural gas for transport and sale in Asia. It will float above gas fields.

Shell says it can remain in place through a category 5 cyclone.