Texas LNG signs deal for new LNG production facility

Texas LNG, a Houston-based energy company, has selected Honeywell’s natural gas technology and process automation to remove contaminants from natural gas in preparation for liquefaction and export to customers around the globe. The two-phase project, located on the north shore of the Port of Brownsville’s deepwater ship channel, will produce 4mnt t/y of LNG, beginning in 2020.

According to John Gugel, Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell UOP’s Gas Processing and Hydrogen business, the company’s ‘integrated solution of advanced gas processing technology, combined with state-of-the-art automation and control systems, offers a streamlined approach to project execution that helps minimise project time, cost and risk’.

Texas LNG will use Honeywell’s UOP Amine Guard™ FS process to reduce acid gas to very low levels and its proprietary adsorbents to remove water, mercury and sulphur from the natural gas, which is necessary for LNG transport. The Amine Guard FS process reduces carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and other sulphur components from natural gas to very low levels, and the process can be customised depending on application and feed gas quality.

Honeywell claims that more than 40% of treated LNG in the world is processed using Amine Guard FS technology. The company is also assisting Texas LNG through the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) front-end engineering and design (FEED) process.

Image: Technology will provide state-of-the-art gas pre-treatment and controls for a 4mn t/y capacity natural gas liquefaction plant             Source: Honeywell