LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world's leader in liquefied
natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, has signed an
agreement to provide its proprietary LNG technology, equipment and
related process license and advisory services to the
Mozambique LNG Project. Air Products' world-leading LNG
manufacturing facility in Port Manatee,
Florida will manufacture two LNG heat exchangers, which will
then be shipped to the project site on the Afungi Peninsula in Cabo
Delgado, Mozambique. This LNG
production facility will be the first onshore LNG Project in the
Republic of Mozambique in
Southeast Africa.
Under the agreement with EPC contractor CCS JV, a limited
liability company incorporated under the laws of Italy and formed by a joint venture comprised
of affiliates of Saipem, McDermott and Chiyoda, Air Products will
provide two of its proprietary coil wound main cryogenic heat
exchangers (MCHE) for the Project. The MCHEs will operate at the
site as part of two separate LNG production trains designed to
produce approximately 13 million tonnes per year liquified natural
gas in total from the Golfinho/Atum natural gas fields in
Mozambique.
"Air Products' expertise in LNG is well regarded by the industry
and we are pleased to have been selected for this project. Our LNG
heat exchangers are in operation around the world, and when this
project goes onstream we can add Mozambique to the growing list of countries
where we play a key role in meeting the world's clean energy needs
through the production of LNG. Our LNG business is encouraged by
the activity in the market and customers should know that Air
Products' expanded manufacturing facility is capable of addressing
their LNG technological needs anywhere in the world," said Dr.
Samir Serhan, executive vice
president at Air Products.
Roberto Uberti, CCS JV Chairman,
commented, "We have been tasked with building the first onshore LNG
export facility in Mozambique and
one of the most efficient facilities in the LNG space. We are
carefully selecting reliable and experienced technology providers
and under this perspective the benefits of Air Products involvement
are clearly consistent."
Air Products will build the MCHEs at its Port Manatee, Florida manufacturing facility.
Air Products opened its Port
Manatee facility in January
2014. In October 2018, Air
Products dedicated a new LNG equipment test facility (ETF) and
a held a groundbreaking for a facility manufacturing expansion
project at the site, which is now complete and operational.
Air Products is also involved with the Coral South floating LNG
(FLNG) project, the first offshore FLNG project in Mozambique, which is expected to begin
production in 2022.
Air Products' proprietary LNG technology, vital to helping meet
the world's increasing energy needs and desire for clean energy,
processes and cryogenically liquefies valuable natural gas for
consumer and industrial use. For over 50 years Air Products has
manufactured LNG heat exchangers operated in 20 countries around
the world.
Typically, an LNG heat exchanger can be as large as over 15 feet
in diameter and 180 feet long, or about two-thirds of the size of a
football field. A finished unit can weigh as much as 500
tons. Photos of Air Products' LNG technology can be downloaded
for publication at
http://prphotolibrary.airproducts.com/ImageViewer.aspx?q=LNG.
Air Products' LNG process technology and equipment is the heart
of an LNG production plant. The technology, in place at some of the
most remote locations around the world, takes natural gas and
unlocks its value by liquefying it and making it possible to
economically ship it. The LNG is eventually re-gasified for energy
use.
A majority of total worldwide LNG is produced with Air Products'
technology. In support of the LNG industry, Air Products provides
process technology and key equipment for the natural gas
liquefaction process for large export plants, small and mid-sized
LNG plants, floating LNG plants and LNG peak shavers. Upstream, Air
Products provides both nitrogen and natural gas dehydration
membrane systems for offshore platforms. Downstream, Air Products
provides membrane nitrogen generators for LNG carriers, and
land-based membrane and cryogenic nitrogen systems for LNG import
terminals and baseload LNG plants.
About Air Products
Air Products
(NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation
for nearly 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and
emerging markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases,
related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens
of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics,
manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the
global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process
technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds,
owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas
projects, including gasification projects that sustainably convert
abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of
high-value power, fuels and chemicals.
The Company had fiscal 2019 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of about $50
billion. More than 17,000 passionate, talented and committed
employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products'
higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the
environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges
facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information,
visit www.airproducts.com.
About CCS JV
CCS JV is the consortium
contracted by Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 for Engineering,
Procurement and Construction of Mozambique LNG project, a natural
gas liquefaction facility on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado
province, Mozambique, bound to
become a future leader in the global LNG industry. CCS JV is a
limited liability company incorporated under the laws of
Italy and formed by a joint
venture comprised of affiliates of Saipem, McDermott and Chiyoda.
CCS JV partners have completed contracts for more than 40 percent
of the world's LNG production projects. For more information,
visit: www.ccsjv.com.
Editor's Note:
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2019.
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