The April issue of LNG Industry opens with a regional report from Center on Global Energy Policy on the role LNG will play in the country’s future energy mix. From there, the issue moves into pumps & valves, the rise of bio-LNG, bunkering, and education & training, with insights from Gasum, Bureau Veritas, Nikkiso CE&IG Svanehøj, and more.
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China and LNG: Boost or drag?
Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, provides insights into the future of LNG within China’s energy mix.
Cryogenic rotating equipment in LNG plants
Ruzbeh Homji, CEO, and Mark Weatherwax, Chief Product Officer, Mechademy, Inc., discuss the design, operation, and monitoring processes for the sustained availability of cryogenic rotating equipment in LNG plants.
Pump solutions for a flexible LNG future
For shipowners, the energy transition is shaped not only by fuel selection, but by operational reliability, risk exposure, and total cost of ownership. Rasmus Gregersen, Svanehøj, Denmark, looks at some low and high-pressure pump solutions that support today’s LNG applications while providing flexibility in an evolving fuel landscape.
Rising pressure to reduce emissions
Mike Wells, Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, USA, considers the opportunity to reduce emissions from vessels by increasing the pressure of fuel gas supply systems.
Getting the right balance
Karl Aerts, Martin van Burgh, and Hans-Peter Visser, Analytical Solutions and Products BV, showcase modern total mass balancing systems for FSRUs.
The importance of training in LNG shipping
Ian Biles, Founder, Maritime Training Academy, explains how crucial structured and comprehensive training programmes are to the future of the LNG workforce.
Answering the call for compliance with bio-LNG
As the world moves towards a future with lower emissions and fossil-free fuels, the maritime industry must also adapt. Unable to use electricity as power, the industry relies heavily on biofuels and synthetic fuels. Jacob Granqvist, Vice President Maritime, Gasum, talks through the FuelEU Maritime Directive and the advantages of bio-LNG from the perspective of compliance and emissions to the industry.
Paving shipping's net-zero pathway with LNG
Julien Boulland, Sustainability Strategy Leader, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, outlines LNG’s role in delivering measurement emissions reductions in the shipping industry.
A compact footprint for a big change
Remco Krul, Nordsol, highlights the bio-LNG project in Wilp, the Netherlands, as a way to demonstrate how decentralised liquefaction for small scale bio-LNG is a feasible option for the decarbonisation of heavy-duty transport and shipping.