Tag: LNG

The first LNG (liquefied natural gas) shipment to China from the lower 48 states arrived last week, marking the official entry of the US into the Asian LNG market.

GE Oil & Gas and Technip have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry, with a particular focus on the design and build phase of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects.

Rotork p.l.c., a leading valve, actuator and gearbox manufacturer, with branches in North and South America, has supplied low temperature specification Rotork EH electro-hydraulic actuators for critical Emergency Shutdown (ESD) valve duties on an icebreaker tanker being built to serve an LNG terminal in the Russian Arctic.

The Woodlands, Texas-based NextDecade LLC has filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its proposed USD 27 million tonne per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, which would be sited near Brownsville, Texas, at the Port of Brownsville, along with an associated 137-mile pipeline system from the Agua Dulce Hub.

Parker Bestobell Marine, a provider of motion and control technologies with operations in North and South America, recently launched a new range of high-pressure Class 2500 cryogenic globe and check valves at the LNG 18 conference and exhibition in Australia.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corp. and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.

Houston-based McDermott International, Inc. has announced that its new flagship vessel, the DLV 2000, has secured scope as part of the current McDermott work schedule for the INPEX Ichthys LNG Project offshore Western Australia.

Emerson Process Management (Emerson), experts in valve automation solutions, has been contracted by Cameron LNG to help automate its new liquefaction project. The project includes the addition of three LNG trains to facilitate export of domestic natural gas to international markets.

Indiana-based Technifab Products Inc. has designed a new valve to complement its Techflow Valve Series: the TV-4500-GM. The 4” cryogenic shut off valve is applicable for both 3” iron pipe size (IPS) and 4” IPS vacuum jacketed pipe systems, and is compatible with all cryogens, including liquid nitrogen (LN2), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid oxygen (LOX).

Chevron Corporation, with headquarters in San Ramon, California, has recently declared that its Australian subsidiaries has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) with ENN LNG Trading Company Limited (ENN) for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China from the Chevron-operated Gorgon natural gas project in Australia.