Title: Prelude - built to last - from YouTube
Duration: 7:38 minutes
Description:
From paint that will last 25 years at sea to five-star cabins in one of the most remote locations on the
planet, Shell’s Prelude FLNG team are building one of the largest floating structures ever and taking
the energy industry to a whole new level of innovation.
Prelude – built to last – from YouTube Transcript
[Background music plays]
Dramatic intro music
[Video footage]
Sped-up footage of sections of plant installation being lowered into place by crane.
[Voiceover]
‘'Take one gas plant…
[Video footage]
A man on scaffolding is spraypainting pipes on the new plant installation bright yellow.
[Voiceover]
‘'...millions of litres of paint...’’
[Video footage]
A man in a hardhat and overalls draws a curtain across an interior cupboard.
[Voiceover]
‘'...some careful interior design...’’
[Voiceover]
‘'...and ensure it all lasts for decades.’’
[Video footage]
Two technicians inspect a girder in the plant. One of the technicians is using a handheld device to take
a metered reading.
Sparks fly from a welding operation.
A man crosses the floor of the vast interior of the gas plant.
A huge machine, constructed of massive girders, moves along inside the plant.
[Voiceover]
‘'It's revolutionary...’’
[Video footage]
Sparks fly as a man welds a huge curved pipe.
Construction equipment is moved along above ground level at a dockside, using an enormous movable
gantry.
[Voiceover]
‘'...pushing the boundaries of innovation.’’
[Video footage]
Sped-up footage of a harbour scene, machinery and vessels coming and going.
Partially constructed plant.
Sped-up night-time footage of a drydock filling with water. As the day breaks, the water level rises to
capacity.
[Voiceover]
‘'Destined for fields previously thought too challenging…’'
[Animated sequence]
Digital sound effect. Camera zooms in from out-of-space to the northern coast of Australia.
[Text displays]
FLNG location Prelude Gas
Broome
Northern Australia
[Voiceover]
‘'…Shell is shrinking a liquefied natural gas plant by four times its normal size, and squeezing it onto a
floating hull.’’
[Video footage]
Aerial footage of a vast gas plant.
Two workers in protective gear.
Dramatically sped-up footage of two days’ worth of activity on the gas plant construction.
Inside the gas plant, a system with a massive central pipe is moved in through a large door.
Two workers stand inside a large circular chamber or room. A truck is parked in the middle of the
room. The camera pans up from the workers to an opening several storeys above in the circular
chamber.
A worker in protective gear motions directions to someone off-camera.
Sped-up footage: the vessel in dry dock is being pushed or accompanied out of the dock by two
relatively small tugboats.
[Voiceover]
‘'At half a kilometre long, Prelude is the one of the largest structures man has ever sent to sea.’’
[Video footage]
Sped-up footage from the water’s surface as Prelude is floated out to sea.
View from a further-away elevated position of Prelude being guided out of drydock and into the
harbour by seven or eight tugboats positioned at various points around the vast vessel.
[Music ends]
[Animated sequence]
The words Built to Last swoosh into position under the name Prelude on the vessels hull.
[Text displays]
Samsung heavy industries
Geoje Island, South Korea
[Background music plays]
Tinkling, uplifting music plays.
[Video footage]
Busy harbour scene at Geoje Island, South Korea, as seen from an elevated position, looking down over
treetops.
Prelude docked. The huge gantry stands over the prow.
[Voiceover]
‘'Prelude's gas plant is being built in a jigsaw of huge pieces or modules on the quayside.’’
[Video footage]
Outdoor view of construction underway on the gas plant.
Camera pans down from upper left to lower right, showing construction equipment in various stages of
assembly on the quayside.
Two men in protective gear discuss something on a piece of paper one of them is holding.
Outdoors: Huw Jones standing several storeys up on scaffolding or partially constructed part of the gas
plant.
[Voiceover]
‘'It's Huw Jones' job to ensure that its construction runs smoothly.’’
[Video footage]
Outdoors: two men in protective gear climb a ladder to a platform.
The men make their way across the platform.
View from below as the men make their way up yet another ladder.
View from a little distance away of the gas plant under construction.
The two men approach the camera as they ascend a ladder.
Camera position switches to behind the two men as they reach the platform.
The two men examine massive pipes and tubing on the platform.
[Construction Manager]
[Huw Jones]
‘'It looks a little bit like a forest of yellow steel right now, but we will bring it all together and form 14
modules.’’
[Video footage]
The sound of a drill can be heard. Two men standing on scaffolding work on a large vat-like structure.
Huw Jones standing outdoors, addressing the cameraperson/interviewer, the construction site behind
him.
The camera looks straight up the side of the construction showing girders and pipes and tubes
crisscrossing one another.
Two workers walk along the topmost platform of the construction site.
One of the men raises his hand to shield his eyes from the glare as he stares out ahead of him.
View from behind the two men as they survey the scene below and in front of them. Prelude lies in
dock a short distance away.
[Huw Jones]
‘'We'll join those 14 modules to themselves and to the hull to make a facility that is enormous,
basically.’’
[Video footage]
Huw Jones standing outdoors, addressing the cameraperson/interviewer, the construction site behind
him.
View past a man’s shoulder and arm, the construction site in the distance.
View of the construction site.
Huw Jones standing outdoors, addressing the cameraperson/interviewer, the construction site behind
him. He grins as he finishes talking.
The massive gantry, positioned above the Prelude, and what appears to be a floating platform in front
of the Prelude, move in a synchronized fashion as the gantry begins to swing slowly diagonally to the
Prelude. A high-pitched whining noise can be heard.
Side view of the Prelude, cranes in the background.
[Voiceover]
‘'A trip to Prelude's main deck already requires an elevator, but once complete the floating gas plant
will be 30 storeys high.’’
[Video footage]
A crowded elevator full of men in protective gear.
View of the side of the Prelude as seen through the elevator door as it ascends the side of the vessel.
Another shot of the inside of the crowded elevator.
View of the dockside as seen through the elevator door as it ascends the side of the vessel.
View from an elevated platform alongside the Prelude. The camera is looking down its vast length.
The camera follows two men as they walk along elevated platform.
One of the men walks to the railing.
The camera looks down over the railing at the ground far below.
[Huw Jones]
‘'I'm going to put my forest of modules on top and it will look absolutely fantastic.’’
[Video footage]
View across the construction site.
View across the construction site, the Prelude docked in the background.
Huw Jones standing outdoors, addressing the cameraperson/interviewer, the construction site behind
him. He grins as he finishes talking.
[Animated sequence]
The camera draws rapidly back from a computer-generated model of the completed Prelude on a
glassy ocean.
[Voiceover]
‘'Most ocean-going vessels return to dry dock for maintenance every 5 years. But Prelude is designed
not to return for 25! To survive, every inch must be utterly protected.’’
[Video footage]
Busy harbour scene at Geoje Island, South Korea, as seen from an elevated position, looking down over
treetops.
Busy dockside, men on foot, bike or scooter pass by.
View of the busy dockside from the front. Workers on motorbikes, scooters and bikes are coming and
going.
Sped-up footage of harbour activity.
View of Prelude as seen in a scooter side-view mirror.
Sped-up footage looking across the bustling dockside to Prelude in dock.
Men on bicycles and scooters make their way along the dockside. The massive Prelude hull looms in
the background.
The camera looks up at Prelude’s hull. The massive gantry stands over the Prelude.
A forklift drives along the floor of a massive hangar or factory.
[Voiceover]
‘'It's Steve Bell's job to make sure Prelude's 260,000 tonnes of steel are painted to perfection.’’
[Video footage]
Steve Bell, wearing protective gear, watches the activities within the factory.
Men on scaffolding painting a massive girder yellow.
Factory floor; a man in a gas-mask approaches an unidentified piece of construction.
Steve Bell climbs a ladder to the scaffold level above.
Close-up of a handheld meter he uses to take a measurement from a girder.
Side shot of Mr Bell, accompanied by a female colleague, taking measurements from the girder.
A man in protective gear and gas-mask holding a compressor spray-can.
[Lead Coating Inspector]
[Steve Bell]
‘'Painting is a lot more technical than what people actually think.’’
[Video footage]
Mr Bell addresses the camera.
A man in heavy protective gear and gas-mask sprays the inside of a girder yellow.
[Steve Bell]
‘'Different paints react at different temperatures, and it is a very technical discipline.’’
[Video footage]
Close-up of a handwritten weather chart recording conditions for different time intervals for the day.
Mr Bell addresses the camera.
Mr Bell addresses a small group of workers on the factory floor.
Close-up of a man donning a face-mask over his hardhat.
[Voiceover]
‘'Steve and his team are here to inspect the paint job on a new piece of the gas plant.’’
[Video footage]
Steve and the other workers adjust their gas-masks.
Steve and a colleague inspect paintwork on the structure above them.
A man climbs a ladder to the scaffolding above.
[Steve Bell]
‘'Any defect in the paint would in the long-term bring an early breakdown of the coating system, which
would cause an early failure of the steelwork.’’
[Video footage]
A man on hands on knees does a close inspection of the painted floor.
A man inspects a painted pipe closely with a torch.
Mr Bell addresses the camera.
A man inspects painted girders closely with a torch.
Mr Bell and a colleague move in for a closer inspection of a painted pillar.
Close-up of the pillar surface.
[Steve Bell]
‘'It has to be perfect.’’
[Voiceover]
‘'But on this occasion Steve's team spots some imperfections.’’
[Video footage]
Mr Bell walking along a long, dim area, examining the structures overhead.
A man inspects painted girders closely with a torch.
Mr Bell, surrounded by his colleagues, makes notes in chalk on the factory floor.
Profile view of Mr Bell. The camera pans right to show the colleague who is talking to him.
Mr Bell addresses the camera.
[Steve Bell]
‘'There's a few areas where the final coat was missing, and a few areas where it was a little bit high.
That's the main purpose of these inspections, is to find these items and basically work with the
shipyard to rectify the items as quickly as possible.’’
[Video footage]
The painting team gathered around Mr Bell as he makes notes in chalk on the factory floor.
Mr Bell addresses the camera.
Close-up of the chalk notes on the floor.
A painter uses a roller to apply paint to a previously painted girder.
Painting equipment on the factory floor.
View across the harbour of the construction site.
Camera pans right from one side of the harbour to the construction site.
A large white building on the dock. Scaffolding and platforms are visible in the foreground.
[Voiceover]
‘'Across the shipyard, naval architect Brian Casey faces an entirely different challenge: to design living
quarters that far exceed expectations.’’
[Video footage]
Office scene.
Brian Casey seated in a boardroom with two colleagues. They have lots of paperwork spread out in
front of them.
[Naval Architect]
[Brian Casey]
‘'I've designed quite a few accommodations on vessels and they're all fairly basic, so we thought, 'Well,
with Prelude let's try and do something that's good.'’'
[Video footage]
Mr Casey addresses the camera.
An empty presentation room, with rows of seats and presentation equipment at the front.
An empty gymnasium.
Mr Casey addresses the camera.
[Brian Casey]
‘'The whole living quarters have got glazed panel walls, huge open spaces, quiet lounges. It's like a
Hilton hotel. I wouldn't mind staying there for a few weeks.’’
[Video footage]
Empty lounge area.
Golf simulation area, with putting area and massive screen.
Mr Casey addresses the camera.
[Animated sequence]
The camera pans around a computer-generated model of the completed Prelude floating on a glassy
ocean.
[Voiceover]
‘'Prelude will have around 120 people on board, each with their own cabin.’’
[Video footage]
Empty private cabin.
[Voiceover]
‘'But at busy times, additional people will have to share, requiring sofa beds.’’
[Animated sequence]
A helicopter lands on the Prelude’s deck.
[Video footage]
An empty private cabin.
Close-up of a printout of the cabin design.
Mr Casey and colleague in the boardroom.
Mr Casey addresses his colleagues.
[Brian Casey]
‘'We need to have everything the same, so if someone's coming in, it's a two-man cabin; his sleeping
arrangements have to be the same.’’
[Video footage]
Close-up of Mr Casey’s colleague as he pores over the paperwork in front of him.
[Voiceover]
‘'But making the sofa bed as wide as the main bed means a design compromise for Brian.’’
[Video footage]
Mr Casey and his colleagues in the boardroom.
Mr Casey addresses the camera and his colleagues.
[Brian Casey]
‘'I'd rather have kept the slightly narrower mattress by 30mm, just over an inch, but it would cause
major problems offshore. You know, people would say, 'Your bed's wider than mine' - even if it's only
an inch.’’
[Video footage]
Close-up of the printout of the cabin.
Mr Casey addresses the camera.
Close-up of the printout of the cabin.
[Colleague]
‘'But the design is very nice.’’
[Brian Casey]
‘'It is, yes. We've made the best of it. It's just that I had it perfect initially.’’
[Video footage]
Mr Casey and colleagues in the boardroom seen through a large glass wall.
[Voiceover]
‘'Brian will never live on Prelude, so, to inspect the very first completed cabin, he's joined by someone
who will... production coordinator, Frank Groen.’’
[Video footage]
View of the Prelude from dockside.
Camera pans up from the top of the construction site to look out across the length of the site.
View of a cranes and buildings on a distant platform.
Frank Groen walks toward camera as he ascends a gangplank.
[Production Coordinator]
[Frank Groen]
[Huw Jones]
‘'We're going up to the 59th floor.’’
[Video footage]
Mr Groen and colleagues inside a lift.
View from dockside immediately alongside the vast side of the Prelude.
[Voiceover]
‘'The elevator only reaches the main deck. Perched on the stern, the living quarters is another nine
storeys high.’’
[Video footage]
The Prelude, tugboats anchored alongside. The living quarters’ superstructure is visible at the stern.
View out across the harbour from the Prelude’s deck.
Mr Groen and a colleague make their way along the cluttered deck.
Close-up of a plastic-covered deck layout and a sign reading: D Deck, with some description of the
rooms on that deck.
Mr Groen and his colleague approach the camera as they ascend a flight of steps.
[Voiceover]
‘'The finished cabin is right at the summit. Brian and Frank have to hike.’’
[Video footage]
Close-up of another deck layout.
Frank and Brian ascending another flight of steps.
Close-up of feet as they ascend steps.
Brian disappears through an open door on the deck.
Close-up of feet moving along a very narrow passage.
The camera moves along a corridor filled with panels of instrumentation.
The camera follows Frank and Brian as they make their way along the corridor.
The camera has turned upwards to show the conduits and pipes running the length of the corridor
ceiling.
View from the front of Frank and Brian walking along the corridor.
[Frank Groen]
‘'We've waited a long time for this.’’
[Video footage]
Frank and Brian enter a door in the side of the corridor.
[Frank Groen]
‘'It's probably one of the biggest cabins that I've seen for a facility, certainly an offshore facility, so, yes,
it's pretty impressive.’’
[Video footage]
Frank and Brian inside an unfurnished cabin.
[Brian Casey]
‘'Additional drawers, which are quite good. And all these cupboards are all soft closing, so, yes…’'
[Video footage]
Brian pulls out drawers under a bed. He then opens and closes a cabinet at eye-level.
[Brian Casey]
‘'We also have hidden curtains. A bit of privacy is always important, it's good.’’
[Video footage]
Brian draws a curtain from a panel against the wall and draws it across the bed.
[Brian Casey]
‘'More shelves...more shelving space.’’
[Video footage]
Brian opens a narrow cupboard to reveal shelves and hanging space.
[Frank Groen]
‘'Originally you had tie racks in there, Brian?’’
[Brian Casey]
‘'That's right, yes, a tie rack. We got rid of that. Now we go into the bathroom...’’
[Video footage]
Brian enters the very small bathroom cubicle.
[Brian Casey]
‘'...this was moved a few times.’’
[Video footage]
Brian motions across the top of the bathroom cubicle.
[Frank Groen]
‘'Do you remember the discussion on that, Brian?’’
[Brian Casey]
‘'Yes, it was a major item, the clothesline.’’
[Frank Groen]
‘'Yes.’’
[Brian Casey]
‘'That got moved around about three or four different times.’’
[Video footage]
Brian twangs the overhead clothesline.
[Brian Casey]
‘'It's attention to detail that makes life a lot better offshore, yes.’’
[Voiceover]
‘'Frank's impressed so far, but will the sofa bed be up to scratch?’’
[Video footage]
Frank and Brian pull out the sofa bed to reveal a hidden mattress.
[Frank Groen]
‘'Let’s try it. That's quite a good setup.’’
[Brian Casey]
‘'Yes.’’
[Video footage]
Brian pushes his fists into the mattress to test its firmness.
[Brian Casey]
‘'As you can see, it looks very, very close or very similar to the fixed bed when it's down, and that was
the main design criteria we had. And they're both the same widths, yes. Do you want to try this one?
You'll be sleeping on it, Frank.’’
[Video footage]
Close-up of the sofa bed. Frank lowers himself onto it.
[Frank Groen]
‘'Yes. And the full length's there too, which is good, because quite often you can't get that extra
length.’’
[Video footage]
Frank gets off the bed.
[Frank Groen]
‘'It's very good. These are great. Obviously, Australians are usually taller as well - that was one of the
key points of…’'
[Brian Casey]
‘'I don’t have a problem!’’
[Video footage]
The two men laugh.
View of Brian and Frank exiting the passage into daylight.
The construction site and bustling dockside.
Aerial view of vehicles coming and going on the bustling dockside.
[Voiceover]
‘'Although there's a lot yet to achieve, the Prelude team is well on its way to building a world-class,
technically innovative facility that will stand the test of time.’’
[Video footage]
A man and woman in protective gear walking outside the construction plant.
A man in protective gear walks quickly along a platform surrounding a vast vertical tunnel.
A man in a hanging scaffold is being lowered into the tunnel.
A man in the construction site securing loose, hanging cables or wires.
Men at work in the construction site.
A close-up of a brightly-coloured sign reading: Danger.
Men in protective gear direct a very wide construction vehicle out of the factory.
A man welding.
The camera follows a woman in protective gear as she rounds a pile of construction equipment in the
factory.
A man welding something on the floor.
[Huw Jones]
‘'If you come back here in three months' time there's going to be a huge change here... and taller.
[Video footage]
Frank Groen and a colleague approach the camera as they descend a flight of steps outdoors.
View across the harbour of the construction modules being assembled.
A man in protective gear at work on the construction site.
A man on scaffolding hoists a piece of equipment up to him.
Dockside view of the side of the Prelude. The camera follows the progress of a man walking along next
to the vessel.
[Huw Jones]
‘'Fantastic, I've got goose pimples talking about it!’’
[Video footage]
Huw addressing the camera. He grins broadly as he finishes talking.
Busy harbour scene at Geoje Island, South Korea, as seen from an elevated position, looking down over
treetops.
Final shot of the distant Prelude lying in the harbour.
[Music ends]
[Animated sequence]
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