Air Products has signed an agreement with JKC Joint Venture and INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd, for the supply of liquefaction technology and main cryogenic heat exchangers. They will be used for two process trains that will produce a total of 8.4 million tons of LNG per year.
Air Products’ LNG heat exchanger technology will operate in Darwin, Australia as part of the Ichthys LNG Project (INPEX 76% Operator; Total 24%), expected to be onstream by the end of 2016.
As per the agreement with JKC and INPEX, Air Products will provide two main cryogenic heat exchangers with a proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process using the SplitMR® machinery configuration to produce the LNG. The LNG units will process natural gas from the substantial reserves located in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. The Ichthys LNG Project is a joint venture between INPEX as operator and Total. The project will provide crucial long term energy supply to Japan and other customers.
Air Products is also providing its proprietary LNG process technology and equipment for three process trains producing up to 15 million tons of LNG per annum at the Gorgon Project, currently under construction on Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia.
