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Domestic LNG equipment industrialization calls for engineering practice Gas source and gas price are constraints
Release time:
2013-12-06
Editor's Note
With the large-scale construction of LNG projects in China, the demand for equipment is huge. However, how about the localization of LNG project equipment? Does the large-scale construction of LNG promote the industrialization of domestic equipment? In this regard, the professional views of Dr. Li Yulong, Director of Patent and Technology Development Department of CNPC China Huanqiu Engineering Company and Executive Director of National Energy LNG Technology Research and Development Center, are worthy of readers' attention and consideration.
China Energy News: What is the current situation of China's LNG project construction?
Li Yulong: Up to now, my country has completed and put into operation more than 50 natural gas liquefaction plants, 7 LNG receiving stations, and 17 receiving station projects under construction (including expansion) and proposed. It is estimated that by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan, China's total L N G receiving capacity will exceed 60 million tons/year.
China Energy News: What is the degree of localization of these LNG project equipment?
Li Yulong: Before the Jiangsu Rudong LNG project, the domestic LNG receiving station project that had been completed and put into operation in the early stage was basically dominated by foreign EPC general contractors. Even if foreign technology and equipment are fully purchased, domestic LNG manufacturers can still make use of the difference and there is no need to further use domestic technology and equipment to reduce costs.
Due to national policy restrictions, there is no large-scale natural gas liquefaction plant built with independent technology in China. At present, the largest is Ansai 500000 tons/year liquefaction plant. Although a few domestic companies have developed large-scale natural gas liquefaction technology, there is no experience of industrial application.
China Energy News: Are there any projects with high localization rate of equipment?
Li Yulong: Shandong Taian LNG liquefaction project refrigerant compressor, BOG compressor, some low-temperature valves and other core equipment and control systems are all localized. The project fully adopts self-developed process technology, and needs to realize core technologies such as natural gas liquefaction process technology with independent intellectual property rights and localization of key equipment, and at the same time form materialized patents and proprietary technologies.
The Tai'an project is a project supported by the "National Energy LNG Technology Research and Development Center". It is contracted by China Huanqiu Engineering Company and adopts DMR technology independently developed by Huanqiu Company. The project was mechanically completed in October this year and is a natural gas with a scale of 600000 tons/year Liquefaction plant. The localization rate of the project is close to 100 per cent, the total investment is saved by 20 per cent, and the construction period is four months ahead of the contract period.
Domestic refrigerant compressor can save about 20% of investment than imported from abroad, cold box and BOG compressor can save about 20 ~ 50% of investment than imported from abroad, and shorten the manufacturing cycle is more than 2 months. In addition, it can save 30 to 45 days of shipping cycle.
China Energy News: How to coordinate the development of gas source, gas price and domestic equipment?
Li Yulong: first of all, we should diversify the gas source, obtain the initiative of gas source and influence the initiative of adopting technology. Starting from China's own resources, we should speed up the development and utilization of gas source diversification (including coalbed methane, shale gas, offshore natural gas and pipeline gas, etc.), and weaken the impact of international LNG price rise on China. Secondly, we should pay attention to and conduct comprehensive research in advance. Under special circumstances such as financial crisis and economic weakness, seize the opportunity to acquire LNG upstream gas source resources and shares of LNG producers (relative to gas source resources) through investment, equity mergers and acquisitions, etc.; In addition, to create a policy environment conducive to the development of LNG industry, China's LNG industry has just started, economic interests should not be allowed to be the decisive factor in the development of LNG industry, and appropriate energy, fiscal and environmental policy support should be provided, diversification of partners and continuous upgrading of LNG processes and technical equipment are also important.
The price of imported LNG in China is much higher than that in Europe and America. It is expected that the international LNG price is unlikely to drop significantly in the short term. The high price of LNG seriously restricts the development of LNG industry. On the one hand, upstream enterprises are worried about the loss of price advantage and slow down the construction of LNG receiving stations and processing plants. On the other hand, downstream users such as transportation enterprises are afraid of losing money and are cautious about LNG utilization.
The current situation is also conducive to the promotion of domestic equipment industrialization. Due to the rising price of LNG, upstream enterprises must consider controlling the cost rate, so they will be more and more willing to use domestic equipment; the country is also further implementing the relying project to promote the level of equipment localization. Domestic equipment is not unable to do, but there is no opportunity to do.
December 04, 2013 Source: China Energy News
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