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WNE said in a statement on Wednesday that it has achieved “critical milestones” in the construction of its Qidong yard in the Lusi Port Economic Development Zone.
“With full-scale progress across three core areas—the onshore production area, outfitting quay, and dry dock—the project is advancing efficiently and on schedule,” it said.
Notable progress includes the installation of steel structures for the structure workshop and block fabrication workshop, alongside the construction of the painting workshop’s upper civil structure.
Foundational works are also “well underway” for other critical units, including the integrated assembly, E&I workshop, and the piping workshop.
Meanwhile, 25 percent of piling at the outfitting quay has been completed, and superstructure work is moving forward.
In early June, piling for the dry dock officially began, marking the full-scale kickoff of this major component, WNE said.
2026
According to the current timeline, the majority of the onshore production facilities are expected to be completed and operational by the end of 2025.
WNE said the outfitting quay is scheduled for completion by the end of February 2026, while the dry dock is set to be finalized and brought into service by the end of June 2026.
The Qidong yard represents a “vital pillar” in WNE’s global competitiveness strategy.
“Once operational, it will significantly enhance the company’s integrated capabilities across the clean energy value chain—particularly in the design and construction of high-end offshore engineering solutions such as FLNG, FPSO, and other floating production units;” it said.
Last year, WNE announced that it will build this yard. It lies in the eastern harbor of Lusi Port, 98 km away from its Shanghai HQ, and only 85 km away from its Nantong yard which constructs floating facilities.
Wison’s FLNG business
In April this year, WNE signed a detailed feasibility study deal for a newbuild FLNG facility in Suriname’s offshore Block 52.
Located approximately 120 kilometers off Suriname’s coast, the FLNG facility will tap into the Sloanea gas field, at a water depth of around 450 meters, WNE said.
In August 2024, Malaysian energy giant Petronas announced that it will explore developing a standalone FLNG project in Suriname’s offshore Block 52.
WNE is currently building Eni’s FLNG Nguya, which will work in Congo.
The company won a contract from Italy’s Eni in December 2022 to build the 380-meter-long 2.4 mtpa FLNG.
In addition, WNE is also building Genting’s 1.2 mtpa FLNG, which will work in Indonesia.
In June 2024, Wison and Genting’s two subsidiaries, Genting Oil & Gas and Layar Nusantara Gas, entered into an EPCIC (engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning) contract for the Genting FLNG project.
Besides these projects, Papua New Guinea’s national oil and gas company Kumul Petroleum awarded a pre-FEED contract to WNE for Papua New Guinea’s first FLNG.
Also, WNE secured a FEED contract for Ace Gas & FLNG’s project in Nigeria.
