Air Products Tapped for Louisiana LNG Terminal

US industrial gases producer Air Products has won a contract to supply its proprietary LNG technology, equipment, and related process license for three production trains of the Cameron LNG liquefaction project in Hackberry, Louisiana, USA.

Cameron LNG is jointly owned by Sempra, GDF SUEZ, Mitsui, and Japan LNG Investment, (a joint venture of Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabashiki Kaisha (NYK).

The US Department of Energy has approved the LNG terminal for exports of up to 12 million t/y. In addition to its C3MRTM technology, Air Products' contract includes its MCR® Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers, which will be installed at the heart of the proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant liquefaction process.

"The export market for LNG in the US is new and developing, and we have been successful in winning the business for several of the most recently announced projects," said Jim Solomon, LNG director at Air Products.

Demand for US-produced LNG has picked up considerably in the wake of the shale gas boom. "After decades of our technology operating at many locations around the world, we look forward to seeing it operating here in the US," Solomon said.

In addition to the Louisiana project, Air Products is also providing LNG technology and equipment for Freeport LNG's liquefaction and export project in Freeport, Texas, and Dominion's liquefaction project at its Cove Point LNG facility in Lusby, Maryland.