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AMERICAS promoting reliable, predictable operations, continues to grow faster than the rest of the
and preventing sudden differential pressure world, due to Asia’s economic and population
Parker delivers GT inlet spikes. growth.
Japan, the top LNG importer in 2020, relies
Parker has vast experience in protecting
filter houses to Golden Pass GTs used in the demanding Oil and Gas on LNG for power generation and imported
sector and is a technology leader in the
74.4 MT last year. China, the second largest
As the USA continues the switch from net design and supply of LNG air intake systems. LNG importer that is poised to overtake
importer to net exporter of natural gas, Its designs consider all local environmental Japan in the coming years, saw its LNG
it needs to significantly expand its LNG ambient air contaminant challenges and import increase 10% last year to 68.9 MT as
(liquefied natural gas) export capabilities and ensure reliable GT operations with reduced its industrial sector rebounded faster than
infrastructure. As part of this ongoing growth, maintenance overheads and long filter life. expected post-pandemic. Both countries
Parker has recently supplied a total of six gas PARKER, July 12, 2021 accounted for 40% of total LNG imports last
turbine (GT) filter houses to support the new year.
Golden Pass liquefaction and export terminal LNG requires highly specialised and
currently under construction in Sabine Pass, ASIA sophisticated vessels to transport, and its
Texas. The project, due to start exporting freight cost can significantly impact the
from the Gulf Coast in 2024, will deliver this SGX launches new FFA and delivered price of LNG, making it critical for
clean energy source around the world and is industry participants to protect against price
a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and futures contracts for LNG volatility.
ExxonMobil. SINGAPORE EXCHANGE, July 14, 2021
The filter houses will protect gas turbines vessels
used as mechanical drives for refrigerant
compression (three propane and three Singapore Exchange (SGX) is expanding EUROPE
mixed refrigerant) as part of the cooling its clearing services for seaborne freight by
and liquefaction process of natural gas. adding three new Forward Freight Agreement Wärtsilä’s LNG experience
Liquefaction of this gas makes global (FFA) and futures contracts for Liquified
transportation by LNG carrier vessels much Natural Gas (LNG) vessels. key to multi-engine order
easier, with LNG taking up about 1/600th The new contracts launched on Monday,
of its original volume in its gaseous state. July 12, are listed out to three years forward, for new Italian ferry
The high performance General Electric referencing the Baltic Exchange’s independent
Fr.7EA mechanical drive GTs employed at freight price assessments for LNG transported The technology group Wärtsilä, a pioneer in
Golden Pass will be protected by a carefully on LNG-powered carriers from Australia – enabling the viability of LNG as a marine fuel,
designed multi-stage static filter system the top LNG exporter in 2020 – to Japan1, US will provide the main and auxiliary engines,
with bleed air anti-ice (AI) protection and Gulf to Europe and US Gulf to Japan. These as well as the fuel storage and supply system,
additional acoustic treatment to meet local three routes constitute the bulk of global spot for a new Italian ferry designed to operate on
environmental noise limits. market LNG flows and the assessments serve LNG. Wärtsilä’s extensive experience in LNG
The EPA E12 rated filtration system is as benchmark pricing for LNG freight. applications, and its broad portfolio of related
designed to handle all local environmental The first trade on the launch day was products, were cited as key considerations
conditions expected on site and to protect the brokered by SSY Futures Ltd, an independent in the contract award. The vessel is under
GT from damage due to salt, sand, dust and shipbroker, on the US Gulf to Europe contract construction at the Sefine shipyard in Turkey
other contaminant ingress, detrimental to GT with a July-August settlement basis. and has been ordered by Caronte & Tourist
performance and significantly impacting the Despite COVID-19’s impact on LNG Isole Minori, based in Milazzo, Italy. The
availability and reliability of plant operations. demand and supply, global LNG trade reached order with Wärtsilä was placed in the first
Additionally, these latest technology an all-time high of 356.1 million tonnes quarter of 2021.
filters are hydrophobic which provides an (MT) in 2020, in another year of consecutive Given its environmental advantages, LNG
unparalleled ability to remove moisture and growth. Asia accounts for over 70% of global continues to gain popularity throughout
liquid corrosive salts from the airstream; LNG imports and demand in the region the shipping industry. The fuel contains no
sulphur or particulate matter and emits only
low levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx), while
CO2 emissions are some 20 percent less
than those from HFO fuel. Wärtsilä’s early
development of dual-fuel engines and fuel
systems capable of handling LNG, together
with the global build-up of a delivery and
bunkering infrastructure, has been largely
instrumental in enabling its viability.
This latest order comprises two Wärtsilä
34DF dual-fuel main engines, two Wärtsilä
20DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines, two Wärtsilä
Gas Valve Units, and a Wärtsilä LNGPac
fuel storage, supply, and control system. The
equipment is scheduled for delivery to the

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