By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 8 -- Grain LNG Ltd. awarded a contract to Air Product PLC to supply nitrogen to the LNG-receiving terminal under construction on the Isle of Grain's Medway River near Kent, UK.
Grain LNG, a subsidiary of National Grid Transco, has scheduled the terminal for commissioning this year, with commercial operations expected shortly thereafter. The terminal will have 3.3 million tonnes/year of LNG capacity, which is to be increased to 9.8 million tonnes/year during 2008 (OGJ, June 14, 2004, p. 58).
Under the two-phase contract, Air Products will install a liquid nitrogen storage and delivery system followed by construction and operation of a nitrogen plant slated to come on stream later this year.
The nitrogen plant will produce more than 300 tonnes/day, Air Products said. Receiving terminal operators inject nitrogen into natural gas to dilute the heating value when the gas is too rich for pipeline specifications (OGJ, June 14, 2004, p. 69).
