LNG

Risk assessment and analysis of effects of potential pipe damage at terminals

Subsea and onshore, buried cryogenic pipelines for LNG will revolutionize the design of the marine facilities for import and export terminals.

A round up of the latest company news and developments

Tom Sawyer of KBR in Houston reflects on the phenomenal growth of Nigeria LNG and the start-up of Train 6. This article also looks at other KBR LNG projects

Nigeria LNG is reputed to be the largest industrial project in Africa, and part of NLNG’s vision is to build a global company and a better Nigeria.

John McKay, LNG Journal Editor

Libya is emerging as a possible important LNG producer in the Atlantic Basin in partnership with Royal Dutch Shell, and possibly other majors, as it upgrades an existing plant and considers developing another with potential for five LNG Trains.

LNG Journal Africa Editor

The completion in the next few years of the Brass LNG project in Nigeria and the planned Olokola LNG venture, also known as OK LNG, will make the country second only to Qatar as a global LNG producer.

Nick Prowse, a partner in law firm Norton Rose, presents the second of a two-part series on key issues in LNG venture contracts

The critical issues between National Oil Companies and foreign investors in joint venture LNG projects, as discussed in last month’s article, are value extraction, control, added value to the host country, incentives for the investors and investment protection.

David Hayes reports from Singapore on the city state’s LNG progress after it tied up supply and alliance deals with the industry’s main players in the UK and France

A fully laden LNG carrier passes Singapore almost every day of the year on its way to Japan or South Korea for discharge.

But soon the city state could have a say in what prices are being paid in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere as it builds up its LNG spot trading capability and establishes its own import facilities.

Thierry Bros, Paris

With annual output of 213 billion cubic metres, LNG represents only 8 percent of total worldwide gas production. LNG is a fast-growing market, but it must be underlined that it is changing fast.

The 9 percent per annum increases witnessed in the last three years are not going to be sustainable in the longer term.

A round-up of the latest news and company developments

John McKay, LNG Journal Editor

Floating LNG production units being developed by oil majors, LNG engineering firms and major shipyards will seek production capabilities from 1 million tonnes per annum up to the scale of the largest land-based LNG Trains.

Projects under development will significantly boost LNG production from 2015 onwards once the initial facilities successfully enter operations.