Air Products to boost capacity at its LNG equipment facility in Florida

Air Products said it will be making a “significant” investment to meet industry demand with increased winding capacity at its LNG equipment manufacturing facility located in Port Manatee, Florida.

According to a statement by the US LNG equipment specialist, the firm expects that this increase in capacity, coupled with new proprietary innovations in fabrication methods, will enable Air Products to improve equipment delivery schedules.

Winding is a fabrication process for the internal components of coil-wound heat exchangers (CWHE) in which layers of tubes are wound around a central mandrel.

Air Products said this investment will increase its manufacturing capacity by almost 20 percent.

Moreover, this follows a previous expansion which the company completed in 2019 and that increased the facility’s original capacity by 60 percent. 

The company opened its LNG equipment manufacturing facility in Port Manatee in January 2014 and rolled out its first LNG heat exchanger from the facility in September 2016. It has shipped over 20 CWHEs since.

Air Products recently won a contract to provide equipment for QatarEnergy’s North Field South (NFS) LNG project.

Prior to this deal, Air Products secured contracts for the North Field East LNG project in Ras Laffan, Qatar, the first expansion phase.

Most Popular

Posco International, Glenfarne ink Alaska LNG pact

US energy firm Glenfarne and Posco International, a unit of South Korean steel producer Posco, have signed a deal to advance a strategic partnership for the development of the Alaska LNG project. This includes initial terms for a long-term heads of agreement for LNG supply.

Monkey Island LNG pens offtake MoU

Houston-based Monkey Island LNG, the developer of a 26 mtpa liquefaction and export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with an unidentified international oil company for the offtake of LNG.

Hudong-Zhonghua gets approvals for new LNG bunkering vessel

Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua has received approvals from five classification societies for a 25,000-cbm LNG bunkering vessel design it jointly developed with French LNG containment specialist GTT.

More News Like This

Honeywell wraps up $1.81 billion acquisition of Air Products’ LNG business

In July, the two firms revealed the all-cash transaction. Air Products announced the completion of the deal in a statement...

Honeywell to buy Air Products’ LNG business for $1.81 billion

US conglomerate Honeywell has agreed to acquire Air Products’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business for...

Eni’s Mozambique FLNG hits production milestone

US-based Air Products said its dual mixed refrigerant LNG process technology and equipment, which has been deployed at Eni's...

Daewoo E&C installs giant heat exchanger at Nigeria LNG’s seventh train

South Korea’s Daewoo E&C has completed the installation of a giant heat exchanger at the seventh train of Nigeria...