Air Products' LNG technology selected for Donggi Senoro LNG

US LNG technology and equipment provider Air Products announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with JGC Corporation to supply its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process and MCR? main heat exchanger for a two million ton per year LNG project in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi.

The Donggi-Senoro LNG project, a joint venture between Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company, Pertamina, along with Mitsubishi Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation and PT Medco Energi Internasional, is targeted for a 2014 start-up.

"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. Our technology continues to be the leader when it comes to the development of LNG projects around the world," said Bill Merlini, Director, LNG Indonesia at Air Products.

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, originally 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 claimed. Air Products has designed, manufactured, and exported over 80 LNG heat exchangers for projects in 15 countries facility over the last four decades.(romel)