Air Products has signed a deal to offer its patented liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology, equipment and associated process licensing and advisory services to the Mozambique LNG Project.

 

Air Products' world-leading LNG manufacturing facility in Port Manatee, Florida, will produce two LNG heat exchangers, which will be delivered to the Afungi Peninsula-based project site in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Notably, the LNG production plant is expected to be the first onshore LNG project at the Republic of Mozambique in Southeast Africa.

 

Under the agreement with EPC contractor CCS JV, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Italy and formed by a joint venture comprised of affiliates of Saipem, McDermott and Chiyoda, Air Products will provide two of its proprietary coil wound main cryogenic heat exchangers (MCHE) for the Project. The MCHEs will operate at the site as part of two separate LNG production trains designed to produce approximately 13 million tonnes per year liquified natural gas in total from the Golfinho/Atum natural gas fields in Mozambique.

 

"Air Products' expertise in LNG is well regarded by the industry and we are pleased to have been selected for this project. Our LNG heat exchangers are in operation around the world, and when this project goes onstream we can add Mozambique to the growing list of countries where we play a key role in meeting the world's clean energy needs through the production of LNG. Our LNG business is encouraged by the activity in the market and customers should know that Air Products' expanded manufacturing facility is capable of addressing their LNG technological needs anywhere in the world," said Dr. Samir Serhan, executive vice president at Air Products.

 

Roberto Uberti, CCS JV Chairman, commented, "We have been tasked with building the first onshore LNG export facility in Mozambique and one of the most efficient facilities in the LNG space. We are carefully selecting reliable and experienced technology providers and under this perspective the benefits of Air Products involvement are clearly consistent."