Tuesday, 28 November 2006 13:05
LNG terminal trends and choice advance
Chris Pashalis, President FMC Technologies SA
The present high prices of natural gas coupled to high demand for electricity and the inherent flexibility offered by LNG, have led to a considerable increase in the number of offloading terminals that will be required.
LNG demand is forecast to continue to rise by about 7 percent a year and go from 138.5 million tonnes in 2005 to 196-232 million tonnes in 2010 and 310-375 million tonnes by 2020.
Published in
March 06
Wednesday, 08 November 2006 16:46
French float some new ideas for a generation of offshore terminals
Michel Vache DORIS Engineering (France)
DORIS Engineering is pioneering the development of Gravity Base Structures for LNG terminals.
The French company is building on its work on other platforms designed for the exploitation over the past 40 years of offshore oil and gas resources, such as FPSOs (Floating Production Storage Offloading), TLPs (Tension Legs Platform), subsea risers in deep waters, and marine operations.
One possible answer to the growing demand for natural gas is offshore LNG import terminals installed away from the shore, but as close as possible to the consumers, such as LNG-GBSs (Liquefied Natural Gas on Gravity Base Structures), FSRUs (Floating Storage Re-gasification Units), or special storage, re-gasification and offloading systems.
DORIS Engineering is pioneering the development of Gravity Base Structures for LNG terminals.
The French company is building on its work on other platforms designed for the exploitation over the past 40 years of offshore oil and gas resources, such as FPSOs (Floating Production Storage Offloading), TLPs (Tension Legs Platform), subsea risers in deep waters, and marine operations.
One possible answer to the growing demand for natural gas is offshore LNG import terminals installed away from the shore, but as close as possible to the consumers, such as LNG-GBSs (Liquefied Natural Gas on Gravity Base Structures), FSRUs (Floating Storage Re-gasification Units), or special storage, re-gasification and offloading systems.
Published in
April 2006
