HYDROCARBON
ENGINEERING
25
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ince the inception of the Freeport LNG
liquefaction project, the main focus was to create
a safe, reliable and efficient liquefaction plant with
a focus on the potential effects on the
surrounding environment and community. With this in
mind, Freeport LNG is now constructing world class
pretreatment and liquefaction facilities with the capacity
to export 15.3 million tpy of LNG. The pretreatment
facility (PTF) is located at Oyster Creek, Texas, five miles
from the liquefaction facility (LQF) located on Quintana
Island, Texas.
The PTF includes three pretreatment trains and
associated utilities and storage facilities; each PTF train
comprises inlet filter separation, mercury removal,
dehydration, acid gas removal (BASF design), and heavy
hydrocarbon removal (Ortloff Engineers design). A nearby
storage and trucking facility will receive and transport the
C5+ heavier hydrocarbons that will be removed from the
raw gas before it is sent to the LQF.
The LQF consists of three liquefaction trains, using
Air Products® AP-C3MR liquefaction technology, integrated
into the existing Freeport LNG import terminal on Quintana
Roberto Ruiperez Vara, Freeport LNG Development, L.P., USA,
talks through the various
design features that have been incorporated into Freeport LNG's liquefaction project to
help minimise air emissions.
ECO-FRIENDLY
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