The Biggest of the Biggest: Prelude FLNG, the Largest Floating Edifice of All Time
A project of oil and gas giant Shell, the Prelude is simultaneously a stellar engineering achievement and a financial black hole.
13 Aug 2022, 16:11 UTC: by Razvan Calin
Over 530 yards long, 80 yards wide, more than 300 feet tall, and 660,000 tones heavy. The largest floating structure the world has ever put out to see is the Prelude offshore natural gas facility. Completed in under five years, the colossal ship-looking titan is made to work a quarter of a century in rough South Pacific waters.
A project of oil and gas giant Shell, the Prelude is simultaneously a stellar engineering achievement and a financial black hole.
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