Small-scale LNG applications make progress

I. LEWIS, contributing editor   Royal Dutch Shell has been keen to establish itself as a heavy investor in innovation over recent years, pioneering large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production. Now, the company is promoting the potential of small-scale, modular LNG plants in tandem with its push to promote LNG as a cheaper and cleaner alternative to diesel as a transport fuel, especially in the North American market, where natural gas is abundant. Shell's modular LNG push. Employing what Shell calls a moveable modular liquefaction system (MMLS), these units are preassembled at the manufacturing plant and can be bolted together rapidly,