First floating LNG project: UTM Offshore, JGC, KBR sign Pre-FEED contracts On By Sebastine Obasi Nigeria’s local content has received a boost, following the signing of preliminary Front End Engineering Design, Pre-FEED, agreement as an indigenous firm, UTM Offshore Limited, with Japan Gas Corporation, JGC, to establish a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas, FLNG, the first of its kind in Nigeria. The Pre-FEED scope shall be completed within four months from commencement date. Also, UTM has engaged Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) UK to provide owner’s engineering services on the project. KBR shall provide due diligence on the JGC scope by conducting a third-party review of all deliverables from JGC during the Pre-FEED.