G’day and welcome to Prelude
Shell’s first floating LNG facility right here off the coast of North Western Australia.
We’re mighty proud of what we’ve achieved out here.
In fact we’re the largest floating facility ever built.
So let me take you on a journey to find out what makes Prelude so special.
And here is where your trip begins right here in Broome.
The Prelude is 550 km’s away or two and half hours with helicopter.
And I’m one of the pilots that will make your flight as smooth as possible.
Welcome to Djarindjin Airport in Bardi Jawi country.
This is where we refuel all the helicopters before they go offshore.
That means plenty of jobs for my kids and my community.
How you doing boys, all good?
So we can work and live on our country.
We call this the green mile.
It’s where we process and liquefy the natural gas.
We chill the gas to so that it's minus 162 degrees.
Which liquefies it so we can send it anywhere in the world.
These modules are designed to produce over three and a half million tonnes of LNG each year.
Enough for a city as big as Hong Kong.
And with half the emissions of coal, natural gas is also better for the environment.
But all that LNG can’t go anywhere without us.
Welcome to the Roebuck bay.
We have three ISV’s, just like this one, to support the facility
and to berth the offtake tankers.
In fact we’ve got one coming in right now.
Roebuck quarter power. Roebuck Bay quarter power.
And I have got the most important job on Prelude.
Specials today, we’ll have pancakes, whipped cream on side and berry compote.
They’re hungry boys and girls out here
and our food here on Prelude, is best food you’ll see anywhere offshore.
Prelude is just not a gas plant. It’s a floating hotel.
And this may be the most remote yoga class in the world.
Now Prelude is the biggest offshore facility in the world.
But it also takes a huge onshore team to make it possible.
And this is our supply base in Darwin.
From safety equipment to electrical gear
anything that goes to Prelude comes through this supply base.
Yeh mate, you can start lowering.
In fact we’re getting ready for a load out right now.
And everything that comes off the facility goes through us.
All of Prelude’s waste is transferred to us here in Darwin
where we recycle up to 70% of everything.
Our job is to look after the environment for generations to come.
And we’re a 100% owned indigenous company.
We call this the CWE.
Some people call it the Starship Enterprise.
Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, we support Prelude with the best technology in the world.
You probably get better internet speeds out there, than you do back at home.
I actually managed to get the ops guys to do a pump test yesterday.
That action is now closed.
There’s a big team working on Prelude
but these are the people that support us the most.
And that’s why getting home safely to our families
should always be our number one priority.
So this is Prelude, Shell’s first floating LNG facility.
What makes it so special, isn’t the technology or the size of the facility.
It’s the people we’ve got working right across Australia.
That’s why I’m proud to be part of Prelude.
Thanks for stopping over. Maybe we’ll see you out here one day.