July 2018
Bonus Report: LNG Technology
Liquefaction technology selection for baseload LNG plants
As global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade continues to rapidly expand, the challenge of liquefaction process selection—a key element of an LNG project—becomes increasingly important.
The Authors
Saeid Mokhatab is a world-class expert in the natural gas processing industry who has worked on the design and operation of several gas processing plants, and has contributed to gas processing technology improvements through 300 technical papers and two well-known handbooks published by Elsevier in the US. He has held technical advisory positions for leading professional journals, societies and conferences in the field of gas processing, and has received a number of international awards in recognition of his outstanding work in the natural gas industry.
David Messersmith is a Bechtel Fellow and the Manager of the LNG Technology and Services Group for Bechtel Corp. in Houston, Texas. He has more than 30 yr of experience in process and systems engineering, including 25 yr focused exclusively on LNG. Mr. Messersmith is considered to be one of the world’s leading technical experts in the fields of gas processing and gas liquefaction, and has held leading roles on several LNG projects, including the Atlantic LNG project’s conceptual design through startup. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas, and has given numerous technical presentations at prestigious LNG conferences worldwide.
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