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Eni and its partners have launched the hull of the Coral

North floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel, marking a key milestone in the development of Mozambique’s offshore gas resources. Coral North will be the second floating LNG facility deployed in the Rovuma Basin offshore Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique and will produce gas from the northern part of the Coral reservoir.

Source: Intelatus Global Partners • SBM Offshore: AiP from ABS to monetize associ- • Wison New Energies: Working with H2 Carrier for a ated gas. 500MW green ammonia FPSO using onshore wind power.

• Yinson: 165ktpa P2A FPSO producing green ammo-

In addition to blue ammonia FPSOs, several companies nia using offshore wind are looking at green ammonia FPSOs, where generally off- shore onshore wind power is supplied to the FPSO which

HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO AMMONIA desalinates and splits hydrogen from seawater through

FPSO DEPLOYMENT? electrolysis units to be compressed and synthesized with Given the current state of development and the barriers nitrogen to produce ammonia. Companies developing to FPSO adoption, it is unlikely that an ammonia FPSO green ammonia concepts include: will be deployed until the middle of the next decade. The • Aragon (Seatrium investment): Developing the factors impacting ammonia FPSO adoption are addressed

Amalia green ammonia FPSO. in the following chart.

• BW Offshore: SwitchH2, BW Offshore and McDer- Deployment of ammonia FPSOs in the next decade can mott have secured a DNV AiP of green ammonia FPSO support the development of ammonia fueled vessels that powered by offshore wind and using a converted VLCC. are zero emissions on a tank-to-wake basis for blue ammo- • Samsung Heavy Industries: working on a green am- nia (low-carbon on a well-to-wake basis) and well-to-wake monia FPSO with LR. for green ammonia.

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