May 2012
LEAD STORY
Australian and North American LNG volumes will test the absorption capacity of the Asia-Pacific LNG market as ample supplies are lined up and buyers are offered some supply and price diversification. The Australian LNG industry's addition of 60 million tonnes of production in the next seven years represents faster growth…
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The growth of the short-term LNG market and the development of trading have received a lot of attention recently. Due to the time required to develop an LNG project, it is possible to forecast how much natural gas might come to the market. The same applies to an increase in…
ALASKAN LNG exports will be loaded at the port of Valdez if the Alaska Gasline Port Authority has its way. Valdez is the preferred option for the loading of LNG cargoes from joint production projects set to be developed by the major energy companies operating in the US state. Valdez…
Joe Wehrman, Mark Roberts and Bill Kennington of Air Products present Part 1 of an analysis on evolution liquefaction processingThe LNG industry continues to grow and evolve to meet market demands. Over the past decade, the emphasis was on large LNG process trains of 5 million tonnes per annum and…
LNG liquefaction plants are designed to handle a range of feed-gas compositions based upon the anticipated field production profiles. However, during detailed engineering, or in operation, the plant may be required to handle feed-gas compositions which fall outside its design operating envelope.Feed to LNG plants is composed primarily of methane,…
A host of new measures are aiming to reduce the shipping industry’s impact on the environment. The required cuts in emissions to air have the experts pointing to LNG as the best solution for vessels to comply.Let us consider the factors influencing any decision to invest in LNG-fuelled vessels and…
