Coral North is the second project for the development of the considerable gas resources discovered by Eni in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin. The Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit will have a capacity of around 3.5 MTPA (million tons for year). Managed by Eni and its partners, the project involves the deployment of a second Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility to double the region’s LNG production, building on the success of the Coral South project.

The Saipem 7000 is a semi-submersible crane and pipelaying vessel operating within the Saipem fleet. The unit is designed to support complex offshore projects through heavy-lift operations, offshore structure installation, subsea works and J-lay pipelaying activities. Equipped with an advanced dynamic positioning system, two main cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 14,000 t in tandem lift, and pipelaying capability in water depths exceeding 2,000 m, the Saipem 7000 is deployed on conventional, deepwater and ultra-deepwater offshore projects worldwide.