Air Products Bags Contract for Coral’s Floating LNG Project

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) announced an agreement with TP JGC Coral France for the supply of its proprietary cryogenic coil wound heat exchanger technology and the liquefaction process license, for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility to be located in the Indian Ocean, offshore Mozambique, Africa.

The FLNG facility being built by TP JGC Coral France, an incorporated joint venture formed by TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation, along with Samsung Heavy Industries, will utilize Air Products’ dual mixed refrigerant process. The liquefaction capacity will be 3.4 million tons per annum. The FLNG plant will be moored and operate on the surface above 6,500 feet of water in the Indian Ocean, in a natural gas field known as Area 4 of the Coral Field.

Air Products’ proprietary 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. Air Products has manufactured LNG heat exchangers for over 45 years.

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. To date, over 115 large coil wound heat exchangers have been deployed by Air Products at LNG facilities throughout the world.

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 around the world. The LNG is eventually re-gasified for energy use.

“Air Products is very pleased to be involved with a few more firsts in our work with the global LNG industry. The Coral South LNG project is Air Products’ first time providing our proprietary LNG technology in Mozambique, and it will also be the first deep-water FLNG project for Africa,” said Dr Samir Serhan, executive vice president at Air Products.

“We believe our involvement with other FLNG efforts in different parts of the world gives us unparalleled experience in the floating LNG market. The Mozambique FLNG location will be the 20th country in which Air Products’ LNG technology has been deployed around the globe,” added Serhan.