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Technip buys


Ingenium


Technip has acquired Ingenium, the Norwegian offshore engineering services provider to the oil and gas industry and pipe and cable installation sector.


The Freeport LNG facility at Quintana Island


US approves Freeport non-FTA LNG exports


The US Department of Energy has conditionally authorised Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction to export liquefied natural gas from the Freeport LNG Terminal at Quintana Island in Texas to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US. It is the second authorisa-


tion for exports of LNG from the US shale gas industry to non-FTA countries (Louisiana’s Sabine Pass LNG Terminal was authorised to export up to 2.2 bcf/day in 2011). The condi-


tional authority, which is subject to environmental review, will run for 20 years and will allow exports of up to 1.4 bcf/day. Shale gas is transforming the US energy landscape. However, some US-based industries, such as petro- chemicals, have expressed concern that the cost benefit of this low cost energy source could undermine their competitive advantage. US federal law generally


requires approval of natural gas exports to countries with


TWI has permeation in hand


UK-based TWI has developed a high pressure facility for permea- tion testing of polymeric materials used in applications including oil and gas. The custom-designed equipment is said to allow faster and


more accurate prediction of polymeric barrier performance. The testing system works by exposing four polymer discs to gas mixtures at small pressure intervals up to 650 bar and temperatures up to 100˚C. Then, using a gas chromatograph, it detects the transport coefficients of components of these mixtures as they pass through the film under test. ❙ www.twi.co.uk


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which it has an FTA agree- ment. However, US export authorisation is required where it does not, with the applicant having to prove exports are “not inconsistent with the [US] public interest.” Dow Chemical, which has


been vocal in its opposition to widespread LNG exports, described the Department of Energy decision as a “prudent step in pursuit of a measured and balanced approach to LNG exports that will benefit producers and consumers.” ❙ www.energy.gov


Based in Oslo in Norway, Ingenium employs more than 20 subsea engineering specialists. One of its more recent projects included the umbilical lay spread on the North Sea Giant, part of the Goliat project.


“Ingenium brings a team with solid experience and engineering capabilities that reinforces Technip’s presence in one of the Group’s key markets. Technip has a long history of working on projects with Ingenium, we are thrilled that they will be joining the Group and complementing our competencies to accompany us in taking it further,” said Odd Strøm- snes, managing director of Technip in Norway. ❙ www.technip.com


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