Santos, an Australian oil and gas company, has announced that the BW Opal floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has received its first gas from the $4.5bn (A$6.83bn) Barossa LNG project offshore northern Australia. The floating unit serves as the central production hub for the Barossa project. The news comes after the BW Opal reached its ready-for-start-up (RFSU) status on 16 September and gas began to flow from the subsea wells last week. The BW Opal FPSO is set to be permanently st ...

First Gas achieved on the BW Opal FPSO BW Offshore is proud to announce that the BW Opal FPSO has achieved First Gas on 20 September, after successfully reaching Ready for Start-Up (RFSU) for the Santos operated Barossa LNG project on 16 September, initiating 60% of the contractual dayrate under the charter. First Gas represents a critical juncture in the formal transition from project to operations phase and demonstrates BW Opal’s readiness to deliver stable energy production. The next milestone, Interim P ...