Jens Hetland

State of the Art in Liquefaction Technologies for Natural Gas

LNG has been in practical use for more than fifty years — especially in the United States and Japan — and is attracting increased interest from the European energy sector. Owing to substantial improvements in large-scale liquefaction technology over the last twenty years, LNG is now gaining acceptance as an alternative energy carrier for a variety of applications. At the same time the production cost has decreased considerably, and so have the expenses for transport and storage. In several events the distribution of condensed natural gas — LNG — is being conceived as an economical alternative to developing new firm pipeline capacity.

On the Relevance of Integrating LNG with the Energy Supply Systems of Transit Countries

Usually security of energy supply means diversified provisions and infrastructure development. Sometimes special precautions are required, as for instance when stretching a gas pipelines through a transit country. In this event security of supply would include pre-emptive actions to ensure stability on a long-term basis. One initiative is to enable the transit country to prosper from the option gas that it receives as compensation for land lease.