June 2011
LEAD STORY
Shell's planned Floating LNG facility will have a nominal capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG and more than 4 MTPA for rich feed-gas, plus a considerable amount of co-produced liquefied petroleum gas and condensate.
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Thomas Lang, Wieland-Werke AG, Ulm, Germany, and Brigitte Ploix, Technip, Paris, France
Free ReadAfter a decade of engineering research and financial planning Royal Dutch Shell is finally going ahead with its huge investment programme directed at Floating LNG. The final investment decision was taken for the Prelude FLNG venture offshore northwest Australia to produce 3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG - and…
Free ReadNews Summary for June 2011 ABS, the American Bureau of Shipping classification society, released at the Nor- Shipping conference in the Norwegian capital Oslo a guide on the benefits of LNG as fuel for ships. The ABS said its “Guide for Propulsion And Auxiliary Systems For Gas Fuelled Ships” was…
Free ReadIt was more than 40 years ago that LNG was first introduced to Japan. Even before the March disaster, the Japanese government in its revised “Basic Energy Plan” had positioned LNG as the core energy source in the country’s supply mix over the long term. Figure 1: Close linkage between…
Free ReadThe global LNG market is currently realigning under the effects of increased requirements for incremental LNG cargoes in Japan as project developers push ahead and more countries become importers. The number of spot and short-term LNG cargoes grew to more than 700 cargoes last year and that figure is set…
