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Shell's record-breaking Prelude takes to the water
A floating vessel that is longer than the Empire State Building is high has taken to the water for the first time.
The hull of Shell's Prelude was floated in South Korea.
When fully built, Prelude will be the largest floating facility ever created, weighing more than 600,000 tonnes.
It would be used to help in the production of natural gas from 2017, Shell said, and would operate for 25 years off Australia's north-west coast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25213845
A floating vessel that is longer than the Empire State Building is high has taken to the water for the first time.
The hull of Shell's Prelude was floated in South Korea.
When fully built, Prelude will be the largest floating facility ever created, weighing more than 600,000 tonnes.
It would be used to help in the production of natural gas from 2017, Shell said, and would operate for 25 years off Australia's north-west coast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25213845
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13709293
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