Air Products to Provide Liquefaction Process Technology for World's Largest LNG Production Facility at Qatargas II; New AP-X(TM)
March 17 2004 - 9:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
Air Products to Provide Liquefaction Process Technology for World's
Largest LNG Production Facility at Qatargas II; New AP-X(TM)
Patented Process Technology Meets Evolving Industry Needs LEHIGH
VALLEY, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products today
announced that its new AP-X(TM) liquefaction process technology was
selected by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil for the Qatargas II
Facility Expansion Project. The Air Products novel patented
technology will make possible the world's largest process train for
the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Air Products
provides natural gas liquefaction process technology, main
cryogenic heat exchange equipment, plus other key process equipment
components in the AP-X process. Each single LNG process train for
the Qatargas II facility, which is located in Ras Laffan Industrial
City, Qatar, will be rated for an annual LNG production capacity of
approximately 7.8 million tons per year (MM TPY). This production
capacity is 50 percent larger than any other LNG plant currently in
operation or under construction. The Qatargas II expansion facility
is scheduled to be on-stream in late 2007. "This is a major
milestone for the LNG industry. The new AP-X liquefaction process
is an elegant combination of proven Air Products process
technologies and key liquefaction components, and provides a new
standard for the industry. It comes at a time when natural gas
usage is increasing in importance on a global basis as a source of
energy," said Mark Modjeska, general manager, Worldwide Equipment
at Air Products. A vast majority of the total worldwide baseload
LNG production capacity is produced with Air Products' technology.
Air Products has designed, manufactured and exported nearly 70 LNG
heat exchangers from its Wilkes-Barre, Pa. facility over the last
30 years. After manufacturing, the heat exchanger and associated
process equipment for the project travel from Wilkes-Barre by rail
to the Port of Bucks County. There, the heat exchanger and
associated equipment undergo additional work and final inspection
before being loaded on to a ship for its sojourn to eventual
facility installation. The Qatargas II project will supply the
United Kingdom market with LNG. ***NOTE: This release maycontain
forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially,
due to changes in current expectations. DATASOURCE: Air Products
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