Editing Natural gas (section)

===Floating liquefied natural gas===
[[Floating liquefied natural gas]] (FLNG) is an innovative technology designed to enable the development of offshore gas resources that would otherwise remain untapped due to environmental or economic factors which currently make them impractical to develop via a land-based LNG operation. FLNG technology also provides a number of environmental and economic advantages:
* Environmental&nbsp;– Because all processing is done at the gas field, there is no requirement for long pipelines to shore, compression units to pump the gas to shore, dredging and jetty construction, and onshore construction of an LNG processing plant, which significantly reduces the environmental footprint.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEAAOC – NT Resources Week – Informa – NT Government |url=http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/shell-receives-green-light-for-prelude-flng |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325160619/http://www.seaaoc.com/news-old/shell-receives-green-light-for-prelude-flng |archive-date=2012-03-25 |access-date=2015-06-11 |website=NTRW}}</ref> Avoiding construction also helps preserve marine and coastal environments. In addition, environmental disturbance will be minimised during decommissioning because the facility can easily be disconnected and removed before being refurbished and re-deployed elsewhere.
* Economic&nbsp;– Where pumping gas to shore can be prohibitively expensive, FLNG makes development economically viable. As a result, it will open up new business opportunities for countries to develop offshore gas fields that would otherwise remain stranded, such as those offshore East Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-28 |title=The Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Market 2011-2021 |url=http://www.visiongain.com/Report/568/The-Floating-Liquefied-Natural-Gas-(FLNG)-Market-2011-2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319155339/https://www.visiongain.com/Report/568/The-Floating-Liquefied-Natural-Gas-(FLNG)-Market-2011-2021 |archive-date=2015-03-19 |access-date=2015-06-11 |website=visiongain |id=ENE8974}}</ref>

Many gas and oil companies are considering the economic and environmental benefits of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG). There are currently projects underway to construct five FLNG facilities. [[Petronas]] is close to completion on their FLNG-1<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-22 |title=Petronas' FLNG Facility to Deliver First Cargo in Q1 2016 |url=http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/158677/petronas-flng-facility-to-deliver-first-cargo-in-q1-2016/ |access-date=2017-11-23 |website=World Maritime News Staff}}</ref> at [[Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering]] and are underway on their FLNG-2 project<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Audrey |date=2015-06-16 |title=Steel cut for PETRONAS FLNG 2 |url=http://www.aogdigital.com/component/k2/item/4971-steel-cut-for-petronas-flng-2 |access-date=2017-11-23 |website=Asian Oil & Gas}}</ref> at [[Samsung Heavy Industries]]. [[Shell Prelude]] is due to start production 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=prelude starts production |url=https://www.shell.com/media/news-and-media-releases/2017/prelude-arrives-in-australia.html}}</ref> The [[Browse LNG]] project will commence [[Front-end loading|FEED]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse Development – We remain committed to the earliest commercial development of the world-class Browse resources |url=http://www.woodside.com.au/Our-Business/Developing/Browse/Pages/Browse.aspx#.WhjzruNFyUl |website=www.woodside.com.au |quote=Woodside continues to target the selection of a Browse development concept in H2 2017 and commencement of front-end engineering and design (FEED) in 2019.}}</ref>