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To Harvest Natural Gas From the Ocean, Shell Is Building the World’s Largest Man-Made Floating Object

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 05.20.2011 at 4:00 pm 24 Comments

Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas Ship Royal Dutch Shell

Shell is making good on its promise to build the largest object ever to float on water, announcing Friday it would build the Prelude FLNG Project to harvest offshore natural gas fields. The gargantuan ship will suck up the equivalent of 110,000 barrels of oil per day.

The floating liquified natural gas facility will dwarf the biggest warships, weighing in at 600,000 metric tons. By contrast, the U.S.’ next-generation Ford-class supercarrier will displace 101,000 metric tons of water. Shell says its ship will be able to withstand a category 5 typhoon.

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http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/harvest-natural-gas-ocean-shell-building-worlds-largest-man-made-floating-object