Hydrocarbon Processing - February 2022 - GP-4

GAS PROCESSING NEWS
LEE NICHOLS, Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher
Nord Stream 2 ready
for commissioning
Russia's Gazprom announced in
late December that the $11-B Nord
Stream 2 pipeline is ready to start
sending natural gas to Germany.
The natural gas pipeline, which will
span the length of the Baltic Sea,
will run approximately 1,200 km
from Western Russia to Greifswald,
Germany. Once commissioned, the
pipeline will send 55-Bm3
Höegh LNG to
provide FSRU
for São Paulo
To help satisfy Brazilian
y of natural
gas to Western Europe. However,
Russia's actions against Ukraine
may delay the start of natural gas
flows to Europe-at the time of this
publication, Germany regulators have yet to sign off on the project and announced they may not approve the
pipeline until 2H 2022. Once approved, Nord Stream 2 will help satisfy natural gas demand in Western Europe.
New Fortress
Energy to develop
an energy hub
in western Africa
New Fortress Energy (NFE)
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the
government of Mauritania to
develop an energy hub in the
country. The hub will utilize the
country's offshore natural gas
reserves to develop natural gas,
power, LNG and blue ammonia
projects.
According to NFE, the
company will deploy its Fast
LNG liquefaction technology
to produce LNG for local gas
and power markets, as well as
international exports. NFE will
also supply natural gas to the
180-MW Somolec power plant and
a new 120-MW combined-cycle
power plant that is planned to be
built. The MoU will also support
the development of blue ammonia
projects in the country.
Shell to supply CO2
capture technology
for Calpine's
energy center
Shell Catalysts & Technologies
will provide its Cansolv CO2
technology for a natural gas
combined-cycle power plant at
Calpine's Deer Park Energy Center
in Deer Park, Texas (U.S.). The
post-combustion CO2
capture
facility will be designed to capture
approximately 5 MMtpy of CO2
.
Shell, along with TechnipEnergies,
will also provide FEED work for
the project. The FEED study is
expected to be completed in
early 2023. The Deer Park Energy
Center supplies a baseload
capacity of more than 1,100 MW to
the Texas grid system.
JERA retires four LNG power plants,
seeks to build three new ones
JERA, Japan's largest power generator, announced that it has retired
four old LNG-fired power plants at its Anegasaki power station near
Tokyo, Japan. The retirement of the older plants will make way for three
new, less-polluting LNG plants. JERA said that the new LNG units will
start operations in 2023.
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natural gas demand, Höegh
LNG has signed a charter deal
with Brazilian gas trading and
distribution company Compass
Gas and Energia. Höegh LNG
plans to install the 170,000-m3
Höegh Gannet floating storage
and regasification unit (FSRU)
at Compass Gas and Energia's
subsidiary-Terminal de
Regaseificacao de GNL de São
Paulo-in São Paulo. The FSRU is
part of a planned 4-MMtpy import
terminal at the site.
The new FSRU, one of five LNG
imports planned for Sao Paulo, is
scheduled to begin operations in
late 2022/early 2023.
Venice Energy to
build LNG facility
at Port Adelaide
Venice Energy has received
U.S. to become largest LNG exporter
this year
According to data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration
(EIA), the U.S. became the third-largest LNG exporter in 2020 and
will become the world's largest LNG exporter once additional trains at
Sabine Pass and Calcasieu Pass begin operations this year.
By the end of 1Q, Cheniere plans to start Train 6 at its Sabine Pass
LNG site in Louisiana. Once operational, the 5-MMtpy Train 6 will
increase total LNG production capacity to 30 MMtpy.
Venture Global also plans to start exporting LNG out of its Calcasieu
Pass LNG facility in the first half of this year. The $10-B project, located
in Louisiana, consists of 18 liquefaction trains.
The completion of these two projects will increase U.S. LNG export
capacity to nearly 14 Bft3
y. Additional U.S. LNG projects are also being
developed. Gulf Energy Information's Global Energy Infrastructure
database is tracking more than 350 MMtpy of active LNG liquefaction
projects in the U.S. However, many of these projects have not reached
final investment decision (FID). According to the International Gas
Union, the U.S. accounts for nearly 40% of pre-FID capacity globally.
Mitsui and Vopak to own/operate
largest FSRU
Mitsui and Vopak have signed an agreement to jointly own and
operate the FSRU Challenger, which upon completion, will be the largest
FSRU in operation. The FSRU, which will be located approximately 25
km offshore Hong Kong Island, will have a storage capacity of 263,000
m3
and a regasification capacity of 800 MMft3
d. The vessel is scheduled
to begin operations in mid-2022. Once operational, the FSRU will
provide natural gas to domestic power plants.
approval from the Australian
government to build an LNG
import facility in Port Adelaide,
South Australia. The more
than $180-MM Outer Harbor
LNG project plans to install an
FSRU to supply natural gas to
South Australia. Construction is
scheduled to begin in mid-2021,
with operations to commence in
late 2023/early 2024. This LNG
import project is one of several
LNG import projects being
developed in Australia. Most LNG
import projects in Australia are
in the states of New South Wales
and Victoria.
Petronas awards
FEED contract for
Sabah LNG project
Petronas awarded two frontend
engineering design (FEED)
contracts for the 2-MMtpy Sabah
LNG project. The FEED contracts
were awarded to Saipem SpA and
the JGC Corp.-Samsung Heavy
Industries JV. The winner of this
dual-FEED contract competition
will be awarded the engineering,
procurement, construction and
commissioning contract. The new
near-shore LNG terminal will be
built near the Sipitang Oil and
Gas Industrial Park in Sipitang,
Sabah, Malaysia. It will receive
natural gas feedstock from the
offshore Sabah gas fields. If built,
the Sabah LNG facility will begin
operations by 2027, increasing
Malaysia's total LNG production
to approximately 4.7 MMtpy.

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