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OAPEC

LNG in the Arab Countries: Qatar JBOG Project

Gas Industries Expert

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
LNG sector in the Arab Countries

LNG Plants in the Arab Countries

LNG Exports from Arab Countries 2018, MT

Algeria
9% Egypt
2% Oman
10%
UAE
Algeria 5%
Algeria Libya Qatar
1964 Egypt
1964
1971 2005 1996 1977
UAE

Qatar
LNG plants (full operation)
2000 74%
LNG plants (Partial Operation<50%)
LNG plants (Stopped) 2009

Total LNG Average

Total LNG
Exports in utilization of
Capacity
2018 LNG plants

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Develpement of global LNG trade

Development of LNG trade (2002-2018) Top LNG Exporters in 2018 (MT)

LNG Exports, mt

330 47% 46% 50% share%

44% 77.8
290 43% 45%
41% 40%
68.4
250 40%
33% 35%
25%
210
30% 47.2
170 USA
25%
22%
130
Australia 20%
23.8
90 20.7 20 18.9 18.2
15%
50 11.6 10
10%
8% 7% 7% 6% 6%
10 5% 4% 4%
2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

AUSTRALIA

OTHERS
OMAN
INDONESIA
USA
QATAR

MALAYSIA

T&T
RUSSIA
NIGERIA
-30 0%
UAE Qatar Algeria Oman
Egypt Yemen Australia USA
Indonesia Malaysia T&T Nigeria
Others Libya % of Arab Countries

33% Share of Arab countries in the global LNG market 25% Qatar is by far the largest LNG exporter in the
market
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Why Jetty boil off gas is genertated?

Jetty boil-off gas is generated through

Heat from BOG vapor displacement from ship loading
Loading LNG
surroundings -1000 C and vaporization at LNG loading
ship
berths.

-160 0 C around 1% of the LNG evaporates as

boil-off gas (BOG) due to the
difference of temperature between
the LNG and the ship’s tanks.

Boil off gas is flared due to its low

Heat from pressure (virtually atm pressure )
surroundings
which means a loss of a valuable
Source: OAPEC
resource and increasing Co2 emissions

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Qatar JBOG Project: Scope ??

To recover boil off gas during ship loading and eliminate – to the extent
practicable – flaring or venting of it
Total recovered volume, bcm
RECOVER BOIL OFF GAS 28

24
1 bcm of gas
20
annually 28 bcm or 1 tcf will
be recovered over
16 30 years

12
REDUCE EMISSIONS
8

1.6 million tons 4

of emissions 0
annually 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050

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Qatar Jetty Boil-off Gas Project.. Scope and challenges

Each train of compressors consists of a low-pressure,

medium-pressure and high-pressure compressor to
compress gas from 0.03 barg to 48 barg.

The largest ever built in the world handling a

volume of 163 ton per hour coupled with
low suction pressure

The design of the inlet guide vanes at varying

inlet temperatures ranging from -140°C to
ambient temperature was a huge challenge

Due to the very low pressure drop allowed

between the ship and compressor, no check
valve design could work with those limitations.

Source: Qatar Gas

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Qatar Jetty Boil-off Gas Project.. Results

Start up in October 2014, the project successfully Co2 emissions reduced by 1.6 million tonnes per year
reduced the boil off gas by 93% since start up of the project in 2014

CO2 Generated from Jetty, tonne per year

1,800,000
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
Source: Qatar Gas 0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Equivalent to 750 ktonne of LNG annually is
recovered Source: OAPEC

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Thank You

Eng.Wael A.Moati
Gas Industries Expert,
OAPEC

Whamed_eng@oapecorg.org

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