Technip Energies has announced the award of a significant contract—valued between €250 million and €500 million—for preliminary engineering work on a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit to be located offshore Africa. While the identity of the project site has not yet been publicly disclosed, this contract marks a strategic reinforcement of the company’s presence on the African continent and in the offshore gas sector more broadly.
According to the company, this agreement covers early engineering and project management activities, with the understanding that further contractual awards may follow upon the full execution of the development scope. The current contract remains in effect until 30 September 2023 and is regarded as a preliminary step toward the eventual full-scale implementation of the FLNG infrastructure.
Floating liquefied natural gas technology enables the offshore production, liquefaction, storage, and transfer of LNG directly at sea, significantly reducing the need for onshore infrastructure. This approach is particularly valuable for monetising remote or stranded gas fields that would otherwise remain untapped due to logistical or commercial constraints.
Technip Energies has a proven track record in delivering large-scale FLNG projects. Its portfolio includes the PFLNG SATU in Malaysia, the Prelude FLNG in Australia—currently the largest FLNG facility in the world—and the Coral Sul FLNG in Mozambique, which represents a milestone in deepwater LNG development for the African continent. Collectively, these three projects have contributed over 8.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG processing capacity to the global market.
The FLNG sector is experiencing growing interest amid global energy transition demands and the need for more flexible, lower-emission gas supply solutions. Africa, with its vast yet underdeveloped natural gas reserves, remains a key frontier for the expansion of such projects. Mozambique in particular has emerged as a significant FLNG hub, following the successful commissioning of Coral Sul FLNG in the Rovuma Basin, a project in which Technip Energies played a central engineering and construction role.
Technip Energies, headquartered in Paris, continues to expand its footprint across the energy transition spectrum, including through renewable hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and decarbonisation technologies. However, its latest FLNG contract demonstrates that natural gas—particularly in flexible formats like FLNG—will continue to play a vital role in global energy security and regional development in Africa.
