The company that helped launch the LNG industry in Qatar, Qatargas, has safely started up the Jetty Boil-off Gas Recovery (JBOG) Project in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
The project, which cost approximately $1billion, is designed to eliminate flaring at the LNG Terminal.
The JBOG facilities started up successfully during the first week of October, and have been performing safely and reliably. Around 100 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas which used to be burnt and wasted during LNG ship loading is now being recovered and utilized in the LNG production plants as fuel.
The Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) contract for the project was awarded to Fluor in the USA in February 2010. The detailed design and procurement services were carried out at Fluors offices in Sugar Land, Texas, as well as New Delhi, India.
The project design is based on the collection of the LNG boil-off gas from the LNG carriers and the transfer of this gas to a Central Compression Area via large diameter stainless steel pipelines. At the Central Compression Area, the gas is compressed and sent to the LNG trains for use as fuel gas or for conversion into LNG.