SPE Gas Technology Workshop

What is the current status of GTL commercial projects and what are the challenges they face? Some LNG plants are built for CBM as feed gas. In North America, there are plans in the works for GTL plants that will use shale gas. These plans raise interesting questions—how will the economics work? What is the possibility of CBM/shale gas attracting GTL/LNG commercial projects in the coming 20 years? Some companies apply LNG technology to offshore gas fields. Will FLNG increase in the coming 20 years? Other companies apply micro channel technology to syngas and FTS units. How do we increase Micro-GTL over the coming 20 years? Ship-to-ship transfer of LNG is an enabling technology for the development of an offshore LNG supply chain, both floating liquefaction and regasification. The availability of efficient technical systems and components are necessary to make LNG loading/offloading from a floating unit, during poor weather conditions, possible. What are those systems and technological components? How can we maximise those systems to ensure effective and efficient LNG transfers for offshore purposes? The safety risks associated with GTL/LNG can be quite enormous if there is loss of controls/failures. What can we do differently in the GTL/LNG sector over the next few years to make the production process cycles in the industry safer? This workshop seeks to address all of these aspects related to industry issues and emerging technology for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Gas-to-Liquid (GTL).