April 2025

The new April issue of LNG Industry is out now! This issue is packed full of informative technical articles covering features such as terminal technology, software, LNG storage, pumps & valves, small scale LNG, and much more. In addition, this issue also contains a regional report from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis on the future of LNG in China. With insights from industry leaders such as Saipem, Bechtel, CB&I, Wärtsilä, MiQ among others, don’t miss out. You can also pick up a copy of this issue at the World Gas Conference in Beijing, China, from 19 – 23 May 2025.

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Understanding China's LNG market
Sam Reynolds, LNG/Gas Research Lead, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Asia, examines the competitive landscape for China’s LNG market and evaluates LNG’s future in the region.

Tanks: Thinking globally to build locally
Neville Stokes, Global Chief Tank Engineer, and Robert Hurd, Performance Manager, Bechtel Energy, explore the benefits and challenges of constructing LNG tanks set for global distribution in house.

Seismic resilience for LNG tanks
Yogesh Meher, Vice President Global Engineering, and Alex Cooperman, Senior Principal Plate Structural Engineer, CB&I, consider effective measures for seismic safety in LNG tank projects.

Software solutions: The optimisation essentials
Noelle Garza, Chemstations, a Datacor company, USA, explains how modern process simulators are an invaluable tool for optimising procedures, such as liquefaction, in LNG.

New technologies for sustainable and efficient LNG regasification
Davide De Bacco and Luca Davide Inglese, Saipem, Italy, showcase innovative solutions for reducing the power consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of LNG import terminals, to be applied in lieu of (or in parallel with) conventional technologies for LNG vaporisation.

Managing methane slip
Figosta Zhou, General Manager of Decarbonisation and Co-Creation for Power Supply, Wärtsilä Marine, outlines how the introduction of carbon pricing in shipping means that fugitive methane comes with an increasing cost.

EU regulation: LNG bunkering boost
Albrecht Grell, Managing Director, OceanScore, assesses how current EU regulations can produce tangible commercial benefits for shipping companies bunkering LNG.

Enhancing LNG through pump technology
Thomas Damon and Blandine Billet, Optimex Pumps, France, review how crucial cryogenic pumps are to the LNG industry and explore how advanced pump technology and maintenance can benefit production and transportation processes.

Minimise noise, maximise production
With many LNG plants still using older valve designs, technological advances have helped address issues such as fluctuating temperatures and flow velocities. Fabrizio Delledonne, IMI Process Automation, highlights these innovations and how they are being applied in real-world scenarios.

Supply never equals demand: LNG ahead
Josephine Mills, Senior Analyst, Enverus Intelligence Research, summarises current market trends in LNG supply and demand, infrastructure growth, and export facilities.

Protecting LNG vessels
Kristof Adam, W&O, Belgium, details how supplier partnerships drive sustainability when it comes to designing LNG systems and components for LNG vessels.

Enhancing methane emissions transparency
MiQ addresses the importance of methane emissions transparency across the LNG supply chain.

World Gas Conference 2025 preview
LNG Industry previews a selection of companies ahead of this year’s World Gas Conference in Beijing, China, 19 – 23 May 2025.

April 2025

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