Day 1, January 24, 2006: LNG's Expanding Fleet of
Regas Ships - How Large Will It Grow? With Exmar and Excelerate Energy ordering a fifth
LNG-regas ship from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME), and Höegh LNG and Suez
working on the Neptune regas terminal approximately
10 miles (16 km) offshore Gloucester, Mass., regas ships
are becoming one of the fastest growth segments within
the expanding LNG industry. How large will the fleet
grow? What are the implications for forecasted LNG ship
demand, conventional terminals and LNG imports and exports?
What is the affect on buoy and regas equipment demand?
How many onshore terminals might add supplemental regas
buoys, as Suez plans for Everett? Can existing carriers
be converted to regas duty safely? These are some of
the questions to be addressed during this workshop.
Day 2, January 25, 2006: U.S Seawater Vaporization:
Getting to Resolution Several offshore terminals have been stymied by
regulatory concerns over impingement and entrapment
of plankton, including newly hatched fish. The proposed
use of biocides to cut down on the fouling of heat exchangers
further concerns regulators that significant harm may
be caused by LNG vaporizer systems using seawater.
Yet, by using seawater as the heat medium instead of
burning natural gas, operators are avoiding combustion
systems that produce CO2 and consume valuable LNG. Some
80% of the world's LNG receiving terminals use open-rack
seawater vaporizers to warm and vaporize LNG for pipeline
injection.
So, what is the problem in the U.S.? Is the issue education,
a more fragile marine environment, poor environmental
control by other nations, or more zealous U.S. regulators?
What are the key issues that concern regulators and
what are the chances technological improvement will
render seawater acceptable? These are issues to be addressed
in this workshop.
