Burckhardt provides compressors for Knutsen-operated LNG carrier

Published by David Rowlands, Editor
LNG Industry, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 15:30

Burckhardt Compression has released a statement claiming that it is outfitting a 30 000 m³ LNG carrier operated by Knutsen OAS Shipping AS with Laby® compressors.

According to the statement, the compressors will be delivered to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard as part of the fuel gas supply system built by Wärtsilä Oil & Gas Solutions, and will supply the LNG carrier’s WinGD X-DF 2-stroke, dual-fuel engine with LNG boil-off gas (BOG) as fuel.

Burckhardt claims that the X-DF engine – a two-stroke engine from Winterthur Gas & Diesel – allows both natural gas and marine diesel to be used as fuel for ship propulsion systems. Ship operators are able to switch between both fuel types – maritime diesel and BOG that inevitably evaporates from LNG storage tanks – during operation.

Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/10042019/burckhardt-provides-compressors-for-knutsen-operated-lng-carrier/

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