Introduction
During the two half-days workshops being held on December
6-7 will focus on Advancements in Offshore Gas Management
and Microchannel Heat Exchangers for Natural Gas.
Day 1, December 6, 2005: Advancements in Offshore
Gas Management
Increasingly, natural gas processes are being marinized
to monetize offshore stranded gas. This year, several
milestones are being achieved, which will be discussed
the first day, including:
1. The first off-loading of a regas ship
2. The construction of the first barge-mounted LNG trains
3. The installation of the first purpose built LPG FPSO
4. The construction of new super sized gas-fired power
ships
5. The start of construction of a gravity-based LNG
receiving terminal
We will also review seven technologies for offshore
gas monetization that are proceeding to commercialization,
including direct conversion of natural gas to liquids
through acidification, Fischer-Tropsch GTL, methanol,
power, offshore CNG and LNG.
Offshore Liquefaction will also be discussed and will
provide an overview of the technical challenges of marinizing
liquefaction, storage, loading, unloading and regas
systems; the different processes for making LNG and
the associated liquefaction systems; the different systems
and the sensitivities to these systems on offshore (floating
or gravity based) structures; and the different LNG
offshore systems currently proposed by operators.
Speakers from companies such as EnerSea, GTL Technologies,
Waller Marine, and ABS. Click here
for agenda.
Day 2, Dec 7, 2005: Microchannel Heat Exchangers
for Natural Gas
On the second day we will review the state of development
of a potential breakthrough technology that could achieve
more compact and efficient offshore gas microchannel
heat exchangers. Technology for microchannel heat exchangers
is advancing rapidly, promising to greatly reduce the
size of heat exchange systems within gas processing
plants and chemical plants. The challenges lie in scaling
up the manufacturing limits of the exchangers to handle
large throughput volumes.
Those in attendance will hear speakers from Velocys,
Chart Industries, Heatric and others. Click
here for agenda.
Please contact
at 713-952-9500.
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