New Technology Uses Sound Waves to Liquefy Natural Gas
Posted on Mar 7, 2007 in Liquefaction, Technology | Comments Off on New Technology Uses Sound Waves to Liquefy Natural Gas
Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced that it has licensed its thermoacoustic natural gas liquefaction technology to Swift LNG for commercial production. According to a press release issued Monday, the thermoacoustic natural gas liquefier “converts heat into sound waves and then converts the hot sound wave energy to cold refrigeration using highly pressurized...
U.S. Officials Commend South Korea’s Use of LNG-Powered Equipment
Posted on Dec 18, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Technology | Comments Off on U.S. Officials Commend South Korea’s Use of LNG-Powered Equipment
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday commended South Korea for its commitment to using cleaner-burning fuels after observing Seoul’s use of LNG-fueled city buses and industrial equipment. According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy press release carried by newsblaze.com, the LNG buses are manufactured in the U.S., and the buses...
In Depth: Continuing Coverage from Gastech 2006 Conference in Abu Dhabi
Posted on Dec 6, 2006 in "In Depth", Blog, Markets and Competition, Technology | Comments Off on In Depth: Continuing Coverage from Gastech 2006 Conference in Abu Dhabi
Day 2 Today’s panel discussions at the Gastech 2006 Conference focused on technological advances and investment in the LNG shipping industry. In particular, Sergey Frank, chief executive officer of Sovcomflot, addressed technological advances in arctic LNG vessels; Nicolas Saverys, chief executive officer of Exmar NV, discussed vessels with on-board regasification capabilities....
Aker Kvaerner and IHI Partner to Construct Ingleside LNG
Posted on Jul 20, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Technology | Comments Off on Aker Kvaerner and IHI Partner to Construct Ingleside LNG
Webwire reports on the award of a construction contract for the Ingleside Energy Center regasification terminal in Ingleside, Texas, to partners Aker Kvaerner, a Norwegian engineering group, and Japanese-based Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI). The terminal is being developed by Occidental Energy and would have output capacity of 1.0 Bcf/day of imported natural...
Qatar Gas Orders World’s Largest LNG Vessels
Posted on May 24, 2006 in Technology, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Qatar Gas Orders World’s Largest LNG Vessels
According to Industry Week and Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections, Qatar Gas Transport Company has ordered six new LNG vessels with capacity of 265,000 cubic meters each. Each vessel will cost approximately $300 million, and will use diesel engines and onboard reliquefaction technology. Qatar Gas Transport will own the vessels, and Qatar Liquefied Gas Company...
Cheniere Withdraws from CLNG
Posted on May 24, 2006 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues, Technology | Comments Off on Cheniere Withdraws from CLNG
“[P]hilosophical differences” with the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas have prompted Cheniere Energy to withdraw from the trade organization. Director of CLNG, Bill Cooper, says that divergent positions regarding LNG terminal technology are the cause of the rift. CLNG recently expressed support for offshore terminals employing open-loop vaporization technology; Cheniere...