[BITList] Shell Releases Video of Spectacular Prelude FLNG Mooring Wire Strength Test - gCaptain Maritime & Offshore News

[Michael Feltham]

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> Shell Releases Video of Spectacular Prelude FLNG Mooring Wire Strength Test
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> screen shot via YouTube/Shell
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> 17 kilometers of anchor chain weighing in at over 8,100 tons are being manufactured in Spain at Vicinay Cadenas for the Shell Prelude FLNG facility. This will certainly take some time considering the company is producing 150 links per day at their facility, but meanwhile, multiple processes are being run in parallel worldwide to complete the construction of the 500 meter-long floating facility.
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