Air Products, a provider of LNG technology and equipment, announced in a statement that it has been selected to provide its proprietary LNG Process technology and equipment to Qatargas for the North Field South (NFS) Project in Ras Laffan, Qatar.
Air Products will supply Qatargas with its proprietary AP-X natural gas liquefaction process technology and equipment and associated technical services. The equipment includes main cryogenic heat exchangers (MCHEs), subcooling heat exchangers (SCHEs), Rotoflow® turbomachinery companders and nitrogen economizer cold boxes.
All engineering and design will be done in Air Products’ global corporate headquarters office in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and the MCHE and SCHE manufacture will be executed at Air Products’ LNG equipment manufacturing facility located on the west coast of Florida, less than a mile from the deep-water port at Port Manatee.
It includes the supply of two new LNG process trains, adding to the four trains currently being fabricated for the North Field East (NFE) LNG project, each with an additional production capacity of eight million tonnes per annum. These mega LNG trains leverage AP-X liquefaction technology, which enables significantly higher LNG production.
Air Products has supplied key equipment and technology for all of Qatar’s existing LNG trains operating in Ras Laffan, including the initial units, which started production in 1996
Qatar’s massive LNG project
Last month, QatarEnergy announced the EPC award of a $10 billion contract for the North Field South (NFS) project to a joint venture of Technip Energies and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC).
The NFS project comprises of two LNG mega trains with a combined capacity of 16 million tons per annum (mtpa).
NFS, together with the North Field East (NFE) project, will increase Qatar’s LNG production capacity from the current 77 mtpa to 126 mtpa. QatarEnergy holds a 75% interest in the NFS project and has already signed partnership agreements with TotalEnergies, Shell, and ConocoPhillips for the remaining 25%.