Decreasing environmental impact while increasing profitability
The Environment: A Growing Consideration
Employed in LNG facilities around the world for over four decades, the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade® Process continues to set new standards in the design and operation of efficient and cost-effective LNG facilities. Historically, the primary focus for planning and designing of LNG facilities was life-cycle cost and profitability. However, today there is a growing recognition of another key consideration for a major liquefaction facility – its impact on the environment.
Increasingly, new facility planning and design are being impacted by global environmental concerns. Operating companies also want to be responsible stewards of their environment. They are seeking process solutions to maximize plant efficiency and facility economics, while at the same time minimizing pollutants and their impact on the environment.
The Optimized Cascade®
Process & Its Favorable Environmental Impact
The ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade® Process has strong environmental advantages in its design and operation. The “Two-Trains-In-One” design concept has several inherent features that deliver higher efficiency, resulting in lower emissions through the use of:
- Advanced aeroderivative gas turbines
- Integrated waste heat recovery
- Gas and flashing liquid expanders
- Inlet air cooling of gas turbines
- Integrated NGL fractionation
- Minimized plot space requirements through equipment modularization
- Reduced flaring during startup, shutdown and operations. The ConocoPhillips process design is continuously being improved with the goal of increasing thermal efficiency, reducing emissions, and reducing life-cycle cost.
Driving Profitability and Protecting the Environment
ConocoPhillips is committed to protecting the environment. In all the company’s operations, the highest environmental standards are met to ensure that the company’s efforts today not only provide energy, but also insure a stable environment for tomorrow. The ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade® Process provides a fully integrated liquefaction design with high thermal efficiency,operational flexibility and lower emissions.