Projects

Prelude

(Shell interest: 67.5%)

Destined to be the next productive addition to Shell’s Integrated Gas portfolio, this project will liquefy and store natural gas at sea, thanks to Shell's floating LNG (FLNG) technology. The Prelude facility is located some 475 kilometres (295 miles) north-east of Broome, in Western Australia. The production wells and subsea infrastructure have been completed, and the Prelude facility is currently being commissioned at the site. The facility is expected to produce 3.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG, 1.3 mtpa of condensate and 0.4 mtpa of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The asset will be operated by Shell in a joint venture with INPEX (17.5%), KOGAS (10%) and OPIC (5%).

Appomattox

(Shell interest: 79%)

This project is on track to produce first oil before the end of the decade. As much as 175 kboe/d can be produced through a four-column, semi-submersible platform located 130 kilometres (80 miles) off the coast of the state of Louisiana, the USA, in waters 2,195 metres (7,400 feet) deep. Oil will be tapped from both the Appomattox field and the nearby Vicksburg field. Shell is the operator of the asset, which it co-owns with Nexen Petroleum Offshore (21% interest), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China National Offshore Oil Company.

Pernis de-asphalter

(Shell interest: 100%)

A new solvent de-asphalter will enable the Shell Pernis refinery in the Netherlands – the largest integrated refinery complex in Europe – to process more of its crude-oil feedstock into lighter, high-grade products. It will therefore give the refinery more flexibility to respond to market developments, such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation changing in 2020, and reduce the environmental footprint of its products. Several key components of the project – including a furnace and distillation columns – have already been installed. The de-asphalter is expected to be brought into operation in 2018.  

Nanhai Chemicals Expansion

(Shell interest: 50%)

Shell’s petrochemicals non-operated joint venture with the China National Offshore Oil Company is constructing additional facilities next to its existing petrochemical complex in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. The expansion, which incorporates Shell proprietary technology, is expected to double the total ethylene production at the complex to around 2 mtpa. As such, it will be one of the largest petrochemical sites in China. Commercial production from the new facilities is expected to start in the first half of 2018.