Flexibility is key to FLNG project success

J. Talib, S. D. Hoffart and W. L. Bartel, Black & Veatch Corp., Overland Park, Kansas Floating liquefaction facilities have a number of advantages over land-based facilities, but they also carry some unique challenges with regard to operational demands and feedstock variability. A solution to these challenges is Black & Veatch’s PRICO liquefaction technology, which contains the elements required to meet the needs of offshore LNG producers. Operational flexibility—specifically, the ability of PRICO single mixed-refrigerant (SMR) units to handle a wide range of gas pressures, compositions and production rates—provides owners with a wide range of feed gas options and commercial flexib