DNV Wins KOGAS' Technology Qualification Contract for Liquefaction Plant

The project is part of the LNG Plant R&D initiatives which was set up by MOLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport) and KAIA (Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement) and involves 80 institutions with more than 600 researchers. KOGAS was appointed project co-ordinator and host in 2008.  

The vision of the LNG Plant R&D initiative is to reduce Korea’s reliance on overseas LNG technology and equipment and to instigate the creation of local capability to meet a growing export market. In particular, the initiative recognised the potential synergy with the strong Korean ship building industry to meet the future demand for LNG FPSOs. 

The Korean government is sponsoring LNG plant R&D initiatives and $151 million is earmarked for an onshore LNG liquefaction plant and FLNG technology, of which the core technology is the KSMR liquefaction process. Successful TQ will be an important factor in establishing confidence in the KSMR process application to support FLNG technology development. The KSMR process will be implemented once it is commercially proven in the market.