LEAD STORY
In the LNG industry you learn to expect the unexpected. Over the past decade, significant events have taken place such as Qatar’s production surge, the emergence of a myriad of new projects, the tragic Fukushima disaster, and now the emergence of new LNG provinces in regions such as East Africa and North America.
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The independent Russian natural gas producer, Novatek, in 2011 invited Total, the French energy major, into a partnership to develop an LNG plant on the Yamal Peninsula in Arctic Russia.
The Manzanillo LNG import terminal is the main regasification facility outside the Asia-Pacific region constructed and owned by Asian companies, and it has been adapting its strategy amid a Mexican natural gas demand surge.
The Tangguh LNG plant in Papua Barat, Indonesia, employs innovative heat and power integration, delivering a step change in energy efficiency compared to conventional open cycle liquefaction.
Over the last few decades, many research studies for offshore LNG catered to transportation, offloading and storage via LNG carriers and assessed tank breaches, spills over water and modeling dispersion and pool fire over water.
