OCP CryoSep Heavies Removal Unit Technology Selected for Rio Grande LNG Project
As an update to our November 2020 news release, ConocoPhillips is pleased to announce that our proprietary OCP CryoSep® heavies removal unit (HRU) technology has been selected as part of Phase 1 of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Project. This phase will include three LNG liquefaction trains for a total production capacity of 17.6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG, along with a dedicated HRU utilizing OCP CryoSep technology immediately upstream of each train.
We continually leverage our LNG expertise to provide additional OCP innovations to better meet rapidly changing LNG industry needs. ConocoPhillips licenses OCP CryoSep technology to provide targeted recovery and/or removal of heavy hydrocarbons that would otherwise freeze in the liquefaction unit or lead to excessive BTU content in LNG. Unlike prior applications where HRUs utilizing OCP CryoSep technology have been included as integrated units in many LNG trains employing the Optimized Cascade® process, the OCP CryoSep technology can now be offered as an upstream “standalone” unit to protect any non-Optimized Cascade process LNG liquefaction train, as is the case for the Rio Grande LNG Project.
ConocoPhillips is proud of our 60-year history of leadership in LNG, and we were an industry pioneer in opening both the Atlantic and the Asia-Pacific markets, as well as in developing the technologies needed to produce, transport and market this vital global resource. Our proprietary Optimized Cascade process or OCP® liquefaction process technology has been licensed for use in 28 trains at 13 different locations worldwide (click here for a full list). LNG plants utilizing OCP technology now have a total installed production capacity exceeding 110 MTPA, making us the second-largest LNG liquefaction technology licensor. OCP CryoSep®, Optimized Cascade® and OCP® are registered trademarks of ConocoPhillips Company in the United States and certain other countries.
To read more about our LNG technologies, go to lnglicensing.conocophillips.com.
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