Originally published on December 5, 2013 <br /><br />The world's biggest vessel, Shell's Prelude FLNG vessel has taken to the water for the first time on Tuesday (December 3) in a shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.<br /><br />Prelude FLNG vessel measures 105 meters tall, 75 meters wide, and 488 meters long. After its completion in 2017 the vessel will be anchored about 200 km off Australia's north-west coast and will operate there for 25 years. Prelude has been designed to withstand storms and cyclone-force waves as the area has a yearly cyclone season from November to April.<br /><br />Once the gas is on board, 50 million litres of cold water are drawn from the sea every hour to help the cooling process. Prelude chills the gas to -162 Celsius, shrinking its volume 600 times. Prelude will produce approximately 3.6 million tonnes a year (mtpa) of LNG along with 5.3 mtpa of liquids and other hydrocarbons. <br /><br />The company hopes the facility will be able to produce enough gas to power a city the size of Hong Kong. It has already started working on building an even bigger facility.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/ <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
