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POLICY & SECURITY of PM Abdulhamid Dbeibah to hand over power The joint venture between Chiyoda Corpo-
to the eastern Parliament-appointed govern- ration and Technip Energies was awarded the
UNSML expresses ment of Fathi Bashagha. major EPCC contract (Engineering, Procure-
The country failed to hold presidential and ment, Construction and Commissioning) in
concern over force parliamentary elections on December 24, February 2021 by QatarEnergy for the onshore
2021, as planned. In late February, Dbeibah facilities of the North Field East Project. The
mobilisation in Libya announced a multi-pronged plan that would EPCC contract covers the delivery of four mega
lead to holding elections in June. But various LNG trains, each with a capacity to produce
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya parties and institutions rejected the timetable 8mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG, and associ-
(UNSML) showed deep concern over recent and talks are currently going under the umbrella ated utility and offsite facilities. The start-up of
mobilisation of forces and security challenges of the UN to agree on a new schedule. The the first North Field East AP-X® LNG train is
to legitimacy plans in the war-torn country, the United Nations established a political mission to planned for the end of 2025.
Mission said in a statement on August 23. support the country’s transitional authorities in Air Products’ end flash CWHE technology
UNSML, which promised to get closer to their post-conflict efforts, following six months was developed based on proven plant operat-
involved parties to ensure holding elections, of armed conflict in Libya in 2011. ing experience and technological innovation. It
said the current political challenges cannot be bna/IntelliNews, August 24 2022 provides the safest, most robust and reliable heat
resolved through armed confrontation, but only exchanger for deployment in this demanding
with people participation, choices and renewal thermal cycling service, compared to alternative
of the legitimacy of state institutions through COMPANIES heat exchanger designs. The unique modular
democratic elections. design of these end flash CWHEs provides for
Several clashes took place this summer Air Products to provide 4 a compact installation, which enables the recov-
between rival forces in Tripoli, raising the pros- ery of flash gas refrigeration and the production
pect of wider struggles. end flash coil wound heat of additional LNG. Having been installed and
The UN Mission calls for immediate de-esca- operating for over 30 years at other LNG facil-
lation and reiterates that the use of force by any exchangers for Qatar North ities worldwide, this will be the first time Air
party is not acceptable, stressing that the inter- Products’ end flash CWHEs will be installed in
national community will not accept any act that Field East LNG project Qatar.
uses force to achieve outcomes. “The supply of these end flash units to the
Libya plunged into chaos after the Arab Air Products, the world’s leader in LNG tech- largest LNG producer in the world is a great
Spring in 2011, splitting between rival gov- nology and equipment, announced today that achievement for our team, and other projects
ernments – one in the east, backed by mili- it has been awarded the contract to supply four are now considering this technology for their
tary commander Khalifa Haftar, and another, end flash coil wound heat exchangers (CWHE) LNG plants. The units are a great complement
UN-supported administration in the capital for the North Field East LNG Project in Ras Laf- to the AP-X® LNG process by helping to maxim-
Tripoli in the west. fan Industrial City, Qatar. One of the end flash ise LNG production capacity and efficency. We
The country has suffered from persistent CWHE’s will be used with each of the four AP-X® believe this order demonstrates QatarEnergy’s
struggles that affected oil exports and internal LNG Process trains previously announced and confidence in Air Products’ robust and reliable
stability mainly due to political disputes. Fight- already being built by Air Products for Chi- coil wound heat exchanger technology,” said Dr.
ing tribal groups and militias in southern and yoda Corporation and Technip Energies, who John Palamara, Air Products’ General Manager
central parts of the country are in usual clashes to are constructing the LNG process trains for – LNG. “These new units continue Air Products’
exert pressure on the Tripoli-based government QatarEnergy. strong commitment to supply the latest LNG
technology and equipment to QatarEnergy and
build upon the existing 14 LNG trains already
operating at the Ras Laffan location, all using
Air Products’ AP-C3MRTM and AP-X® LNG
technologies.”
These modularised coil wound end flash
units offer several benefits, including a smaller
footprint, simpler piping arrangement and
mechanical support structure, and this propri-
etary technology works with any Air Products’
liquefaction process.
Air Products will build the end flash CWHEs
at its Port Manatee, Florida manufacturing
facility. Air Products opened its Port Manatee
facility in January 2014 and completed a 60%
expansion in October 2019 to meet the needs
of the ever-growing LNG industry. In October
2018, Air Products dedicated a new LNG equip-
ment test facility, which enables Air Products to
improve the reliability and yield produced from
its LNG equipment, and to design and test new
equipment.

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