Golar LNG has agreed to acquire the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia from Japan’s NYK Line for conversion into the company’s fourth floating liquefied natural gas production facility, or FLNG.
Grace Dahlia was built in 2013 and has an LNG storage capacity of 177,427 cubic metres.
Following conversion, the vessel will become the fourth FLNG in Golar LNG’s portfolio and will be based on the company’s MKII design, with expected production capacity of approximately 3.5 million tonnes of LNG per year.
The conversion will be carried out at the CIMC Raffles shipyard in Yantai, China, where work is already underway on another Golar unit, FLNG Esperanza.
According to Golar LNG, Grace Dahlia will provide the new FLNG with approximately 20% more LNG storage capacity than FLNG Esperanza, giving future customers greater flexibility when scheduling LNG cargoes.
The company expects the conversion to be completed and the new FLNG delivered in 2029.
Golar says the project schedule will position the unit as one of the earliest available new FLNG production capacities on the global market.
The project will use the established MKII design, allowing Golar to benefit from proven engineering solutions while Grace Dahlia and FLNG Esperanza are being converted at the same shipyard.
Golar approved the development of its fourth FLNG unit in August 2026, but the identity of the LNG carrier selected for conversion has only now been officially confirmed.
The company is also in discussions with potential customers regarding a long-term charter and deployment agreement for the new FLNG.
The conversion of Grace Dahlia continues Golar LNG’s strategy of transforming existing LNG carriers into large floating production facilities capable of liquefying, storing and exporting natural gas directly offshore.
