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he world's largest ship should be easy to spot, though it may take several long tacks to get around it. The Shell Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Facility will be deployed off Northwest Australia, and will be the largest floating structure ever built. At 1,601 feet long, the facility will be the length of approximately 10 Olympic swimming pools, and at 600,000 tons, weigh six times the bulk of the largest aircraft carrier. It will include 260,000 tons of steel, about five times more than was used to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Some fun facts about this leviathan: — Four soccer fields, laid end-to-end, would be shorter than the facility's deck. — 175 Olympic-sized swimming pools could hold the same amount of liquid as the facility's storage tanks. — 6,700 horsepower will power each of the three thrusters used to steer the facility. — 50 million liters of cold water will be drawn from the ocean every hour to help cool the natural gas. — 6 of the largest aircraft carriers would displace the same amount of water as the facility. —105 meters is the height of the turret that runs through the facility, secured to the seabed by mooring lines. Next thing you know some Saudi prince will be trying to outdo this with his next megayacht.
