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Timing is key for European LNG

Bill Farren-Price, Enverus, UK, discusses the impact of geopolitics on Europe’s LNG industry, predicting how the future LNG market could remain volatile.

 

Built to Perform

In the January 2023 issue of LNG Industry, William P. Schmidt, Damian Vujcich, and Christopher R. Butler, Air Products, discuss which type of heat exchanger is best for producing LNG, outlining the advantages of each. This special report lists all the references contained within this article.

 
 

Time for a switch to bio-LNG?

Kunal Sawhney, Kalkine Group, Australia, considers bio-LNG as an ideal alternative to fossil fuels for meeting zero carbon emission targets, without hampering energy security.

 

Safety First

Mads Linné Kaasgaard, Svanehøj, Denmark, highlights how increased global trade in LNG calls for an enhanced focus on safety procedures, such as monitoring storage tanks and servicing a facility over its lifetime.

 

Weathering the Storm Ahead

Panos Mitrou and Anna Apostolopoulou, Lloyd’s Register, argue that ship supply constraints could prove a major obstacle to the LNG sector’s development later this decade.

 

Striking a Balance

Justin Ellrich, Black & Veatch Corporation, USA, considers multiple execution methods for small scale and mid scale LNG facilities, and shares some learnings for standardisation.

 

Express LNG regasification in Europe

Magnus Eikens, ECONNECT Energy, Norway, explores some of the challenges and possibilities within the current state of the European LNG market, and technological innovations that can contribute towards sustained energy security.

 

A Bright Future for LNG?

Emma Richards, Fitch Solutions, provides an outlook for the global LNG market.

 
 

Increasing Confidence in LNG Sampling Composition Uncertainty

In the December 2022 issue of LNG Industry, Pierre Barere and Gilles Tissot, OPTA-PERIPH, explain how to constitute an LNG reference gas to assess the accuracy of the sampling chain analysis. This special report lists all the references contained within the article.

 

Surface damage assessment modernised

A brand-new complete NDT software platform has just arrived on the market. Removing interpretation from the equation, Creaform’s VXintegrity is empowering NDT service companies to provide high-value services and industrial asset owners to make the best maintenance decisions. See how two companies reduced their costs and their inspection time.

 

The key to valve selection for challenging LNG applications

Proper control valve and relief valve selection is critical for profitable LNG terminal operations. Jean-Paul Boyer, Massimiliano Franco, Nagendra Maddula, and Eugenio Sudati, Emerson, explain the key design parameters for choosing the best components.

 

The return of the long-term LNG SPA

Rob Butler, Baker Botts, UK, looks at the data behind LNG contracting activity over the last five years in order to establish whether there has been a resurgence in long-term LNG contracts, and considers what is driving change in LNG contracting behaviour during this period.