Air Products inks deal to supply LNG technology for Indonesia project
Air Products has signed an agreement with JGC Corp. to supply its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process and MCR main heat exchanger for a 2 million ton/year LNG project in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The Donggi-Senoro LNG project, a joint venture between Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company, Pertamina, along with Mitsubishi Corp., Korea Gas Corp. and PT Medco Energi Internasional, is targeted for a 2014 startup.
"We have a long history of working on LNG projects in Indonesia and are pleased to continue to build on our experience and position in the region,” said Bill Merlini, director of LNG Indonesia at Air Products.
“Our technology continues to be the leader when it comes to the development of LNG projects around the world," he continued. “This is a very important project for Indonesia's LNG industry and is a key to its continued substantial LNG supply to Japan and East Asia."
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The Donggi-Senoro plant will use the region's gas fields located in the Senoro-Toili block and the Matindok area as feed gas for what will be the fourth LNG project located in Indonesia. Air Products' LNG technology has been involved with all four projects including: PT Arun and PT Badak, started up in the late 1970s, and Tangguh LNG, which began operations in 2009.
A majority of the total worldwide LNG is produced with Air Products' technology, the company said. Air Products has designed, manufactured, and exported over 80 LNG heat exchangers for projects in 15 countries from its U.S. facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., over the past four decades.
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