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T
he rapidly expanding global LNG industry continues
to face challengingmarket conditions, especially with
regards to CAPEX commitments. These challenges call
for creative solutions to LNG project designs and delivery methods, to
best enable LNG tomaintain its position as a preferred fuel tomeet the
world’s growing energy demand. Flexible, efficient mid scale liquefaction
facilities are emerging as a means to effectively address the ongoing evolution in
the energy market.
This article highlights the Optimized SingleMixed Refrigerant (OSMR
®
) liquefaction
process technology, which has been developed by Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (LNG Ltd).
The liquefaction process technology aims to deliver LNG efficiently and cost-effectively by
using a combination of several well-proven, existing industrial technologies into one
integrated system. This article summarises the process and the company’s key
projects where the technology is planned for use.
Projects
The technology’s initial design application has targeted single LNG train capacities of
2 million tpy, while studies have demonstrated that it is economically scalable to single LNG
train capacities ranging from 0.5 million tpy to 3 million tpy or more. Multiple LNG trains can
be combined to produce plants of over 10 million tpy capacity. This mid scale approach enables
developers to access the LNGmarket gradually, increasing LNG capacity in moderate steps with the
installation of additional duplicate modular trains as available feed, markets or financial capacity grows.
Optimising
John Baguley,
Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd,
Australia,
outlines the
benefits of an innovative
liquefaction process technology
for mid scale LNG projects.
the LNG process
