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
Wednesday, 08 November 2006 16:40
Egyptian LNG sets new standard
LNG Journal Middle East Editor
Egyptian LNG turned a natural gas find into a commercial LNG venture in record time as it set an industry benchmark by delivering the first cargo from Egypt just six years after the first gas field discovery.
ELNG is a partnership between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., the Egyptian General Petroleum Co, BG Group of the UK, Petronas of Malaysia and Gaz de France.
The natural gas liquefaction and export project is located at Idku, in the Nile Delta, 50 kilometres east of the city of Alexandria.
In May 1995, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. signed a concession agreement with affiliates of BG and Edison SpA of Italy, giving the two foreign partners the right to explore for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean deep water, north east of Alexandria.
Egyptian LNG turned a natural gas find into a commercial LNG venture in record time as it set an industry benchmark by delivering the first cargo from Egypt just six years after the first gas field discovery.
ELNG is a partnership between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., the Egyptian General Petroleum Co, BG Group of the UK, Petronas of Malaysia and Gaz de France.
The natural gas liquefaction and export project is located at Idku, in the Nile Delta, 50 kilometres east of the city of Alexandria.
In May 1995, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. signed a concession agreement with affiliates of BG and Edison SpA of Italy, giving the two foreign partners the right to explore for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean deep water, north east of Alexandria.
Published in
April 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:26
Kaefer Group promotes vacuum insulation for LNG installations
By A Correspondent
Vacuum insulation has been known in industry in the form of double-jacketed pipes of varying constructions for many years but had to be refined for use in the LNG sector
When oil first came on stream natural gas was considered to be a more or less irksome by-product.
Today it has become another major pillar of the world's supply of energy and raw material.
On all continents plants and installations for the extraction and processing of natural gas are being built, and the list of medium-term and long-term projects is long.
Vacuum insulation has been known in industry in the form of double-jacketed pipes of varying constructions for many years but had to be refined for use in the LNG sector
When oil first came on stream natural gas was considered to be a more or less irksome by-product.
Today it has become another major pillar of the world's supply of energy and raw material.
On all continents plants and installations for the extraction and processing of natural gas are being built, and the list of medium-term and long-term projects is long.
Published in
May 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:13
LNG safety expert describes his experiments with earth, wind and fire
Michael L. Moore, an LNG fire protection engineer, explains some of his activities in Texas and elsewhere that have helped in the development of an LNG safety manual. His full test data will be published in the LNG journal in the coming months.
It is September 2004 and a unique opportunity presents itself. I am sitting in another crowded room of engineers and operations managers struggling through yet another hazard and operability (HAZOP) meeting on a proposed offshore LNG terminal.
The participants are discussing the mystifying qualities, properties and characteristics of LNG as part of Chevron Corp.’s LNG Terminals of Excellence Project that included Port Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico.
It is September 2004 and a unique opportunity presents itself. I am sitting in another crowded room of engineers and operations managers struggling through yet another hazard and operability (HAZOP) meeting on a proposed offshore LNG terminal.
The participants are discussing the mystifying qualities, properties and characteristics of LNG as part of Chevron Corp.’s LNG Terminals of Excellence Project that included Port Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico.
Published in
May 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 10:23
Peru LNG to set nation on modern path
Joint venture partners, including Hunt Oil, Repsol and SK Corp. of South Korea, are making progress in development financing
Pampa Melchorita liquefaction plant on the Pacific coast will deliver into the North American market by way of Mexico in 2009
Peru LNG, whose major shareholders are Hunt Oil of the US and Spanish major Repsol, is on the brink of making more progress in financing and development of what is the second phase of one of the world’s most controversial energy projects.
The LNG joint venture is in talks with multilateral financial institutions, including the World Bank and the US Export-Import Bank, for $800 million in loans and guarantees that would encourage commercial banks also to lend to the $2.7 billion liquefaction project.
Pampa Melchorita liquefaction plant on the Pacific coast will deliver into the North American market by way of Mexico in 2009
Peru LNG, whose major shareholders are Hunt Oil of the US and Spanish major Repsol, is on the brink of making more progress in financing and development of what is the second phase of one of the world’s most controversial energy projects.
The LNG joint venture is in talks with multilateral financial institutions, including the World Bank and the US Export-Import Bank, for $800 million in loans and guarantees that would encourage commercial banks also to lend to the $2.7 billion liquefaction project.
Published in
Jul / Aug 2006
