LNGNEWS Nigeria
USA
Air Products’ LNG technology selected for NLNG project
Stabilis Solutions and the Galveston Wharves team up on LNG fuelling services
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ir Products has signed an agreement with SCD JV S.c.a.r.l, a joint venture (JV) of Saipem, Chiyoda, and Daewoo, for the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Train 7 project. The project includes one complete LNG train and one combined liquefaction unit. Air Products will provide the main cryogenic heat exchangers (MCHEs) and the process technology for both liquefaction units. Air Products will supply this technology and proprietary processes to the JV for the production of 8 million tpy of LNG in Nigeria for a major LNG production expansion at NLNG’s existing NLNG Bonny Island facility. Air Products previously provided the MCHEs and process technology for the first six trains for NLNG at Bonny Island with initial onstream LNG production from the units beginning in 1999 for the first, to 2007 for the sixth. All six LNG trains continue production today. “Air Products prides itself on product quality and excellent customer service. Our relationship with NLNG points just to that, as we have an established and thriving business relationship spanning over two decades. We are very proud that the original six heat exchangers we built continue operating and that the Train 7 expansion will utilise two additional Air Products’ heat exchangers with delivery targeted for 2023,” said Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Chief Operating Officer at Air Products. Air Products will build the LNG heat exchangers at its Port Manatee, Florida, US, manufacturing facility. Air Products opened its Port Manatee facility in January 2014 and completed a 60% expansion in October 2019 to meet the needs of the ever-growing LNG industry.
alveston Wharves at the Port of Galveston and Stabilis Solutions Inc. have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the use of LNG as a marine fuel at the Port. Under the terms of the MoU, the Port and Stabilis will work together to provide turnkey LNG fuelling solutions to marine vessels calling on the Port, including identifying suitable dock space for shore-to-ship fuelling operations, obtaining the necessary permits and approvals, identifying and educating potential customers, and executing LNG fuelling events. Stabilis will deploy its existing fleet of mobile cryogenic assets, including LNG transportation and distribution equipment, and provide LNG from its liquefaction facilities in Texas and Louisiana, US, to support LNG fuelling operations. LNG bunkering services are expected to be available in 2021. "The use of LNG as a marine fuel is critical for marine operators to reduce their emissions profile, and Stabilis is building a North American network of LNG bunkering locations to provide this critical service to our marine customers. The Port of Galveston is the second LNG marine fuelling location (along with the Port of Corpus Christi) that Stabilis will operate on the Gulf Coast. As our marine customers pursue their environmental, commercial, and operational goals in the energy transition, Stabilis will be there to support them" said Jim Reddinger, President and CEO of Stabilis. With this partnership providing LNG fuel and services, Stabilis and the Galveston Wharves hope to attract more LNG-fuelled vessels and to encourage additional conversions to LNG fuel.
China
GTT and CCS sign MoU
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TT and CCS, the China classification society, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning a technical co-operation for the application of GTT membrane technology. In the framework of this agreement, GTT and CCS will co-operate on the design of China’s LNG inland waterway transportation, small to large LNG carriers, as well as for LNG-fuelled vessels and onshore LNG storage tanks.
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September 2021
In-depth technical analysis will be performed by CCS, including technical plan approval of the cargo containment system and risk assessment. Some of the findings will be shared during the Marintec 2021 exhibition in Shanghai, China. GTT and CCS also discussed the current LNG market and other kinds of energy development in domestic and international areas, and finally will consider the low-carbon emission reduction of the ship industry in the future.
