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Putting a plan into action
Phil Suter, Jenna Wilson and Arthur Ransome, CH·IV International,
USA, discuss the importance of implementation planning when
transitioning from permitting to executing an LNG project.
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Better together
Tina Edvardsson and Markus Soellner, Linde Engineering North
America Inc., USA, explain how integrating NGL and LNG facilities
can increase output and efficiency.
31
Optimising the LNG process
John Baguley, Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, Australia, outlines the
benefits of an innovative liquefaction process technology for
mid scale LNG projects.
37
An electric-drive solution
Roberto Ruipérez Vara and Mohammad Pouran, Freeport LNG
Development L.P., USA, look at the design features and benefits
of an all-electric liquefaction facility.
43
Fast and efficient
Sam Gooldy, Nick Botkins and Dan Potter, Ingersoll Rand,
USA, outline the benefits of using integrally geared centrifugal
compressors in small scale LNG applications.
47
Handle with care
Sven-Erik Brink and Christian Belting-Clar, Dresser-Rand business
within Siemens, Germany, present a safe and cost-efficient
approach to handling boil-off gas.
51
Engineered to float
Iulian Mischie, Howden Thomassen Compressors BV,
introduces an innovative technology that provides enhanced
availability and reliability for horizontal reciprocating
compressors in LNG applications.
56
Getting ready to bunker
Martial Claudepierre, Bureau Veritas, France, explains why
a stable and mature LNG bunker chain is required to aid the
move towards LNG as fuel.
61
LNG along the river Seine
Victor Gibon, Marine Assistance, and Tiphaine Leroux,
Axe Environnement, France, look at a recent study by French
port authorities into the technical, operational and economic
aspects of LNG bunkering.
69
Fuel for the journey
Christian Becker, Becker Marine Systems, Germany, introduces
the LNG hybrid barge concept for cruise ship refuelling
operations.
73
Feeling the benefit
Nick Pellon, Thermaxx Jackets, USA, explains how the
application of cryogenic insulation jackets on valves and
flanges can help to reduce costs in LNG plants.
75
A room with a view
Toby Pusey, National Grid Grain LNG, UK, explains the
importance of operator involvement when designing and
constructing a modern control room at the Grain LNG terminal.
03
Comment
05
LNG news
12
Light at the end of the tunnel
Peter Kiernan, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), UK, explains
why US LNG exports still have a lucrative future, despite the current
low price market.
Linde Engineering
North America Inc. is a
single-source technology,
engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC)
firm that is focused on
providing innovative solutions
to customers. Areas of
expertise include LNG,
gas processing, refining,
deep cryogenics, synthesis
gas, air separation, and
petrochemical plants, as well
as fired process equipment.
12
Light at the end of the
TUNNEL
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n 24 February2016, a cargoof LNG left theUS
mainland for the first time, heading for an export
market. The
AsiaVision
tanker, commissioned
byCheniereEnergy,began its shipmentof LNG from the
company’sSabinePass terminal to a regasification facility
inBrazil, heralding a new era for theUS energy trade.
TheUS has alreadybeen exporting LNG from theKenai
terminal inAlaska since 1969,but the cargodispatched
fromSabinePass in February represents something
different; the launchof a newwaveof LNG from theUS
mainland that hasbeenmadepossibleby the country’s
recent shalegasboom.As a result, theUSwillbecome a
net exporterof naturalgas
by the endof thisdecade.
However, the launchof
LNG exports from the lower
48 states hasoccurred in
difficultmarket conditions,
whichwereperhaps not
anticipated even 18months
ago. TheUS shaleboom
raisedprospects that
significant volumesof
naturalgaswouldbe
available for export
markets, and, in turn,
encouraged energy
PeterKiernan,The
Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU),UK,
explains
whyUS LNG exports still
have a lucrative future,
despite the current low
pricemarket.
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