Two key pieces of Eni’s upcoming floating LNG production project in the Republic of Congo were preparing to leave Drydocks World in Dubai at the weekend in an unusual but high-profile double sailaway ceremony.

Barge-based FLNG production unit, the 16,100-cbm Tango FLNG (built 2017), which has a liquefaction capacity of approximately 1bn cbm per annum, will be moored 3 km offshore along with the 138,000-cbm Excalibur FSU (built 2002).