We're proud to engage the world's premier partners and suppliers in constructing our state-of-the-art Modular construction. With Worley serving as the program manager and Kiewit as the contractor, we're leveraging cutting-edge Baker HUGHES Liquefaction technology for unparalleled technical advancement.
Revolutionizing Design
To reach FID (Final Investment Decision), bridging the gap between CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and Offtake is crucial, and this process begins now. This Top Down approach in Design and construction will determine shareholder returns while meeting the realistic offtake needs of our customers.
Argent LNG will incorporate Baker Hughes’ advanced technologies, including its NMBL™ modularized LNG solution powered by the highly efficient LM9000 gas turbine. These modules, pre-fabricated and tested at Baker Hughes’ facilities, will ensure scalable and reliable LNG production to the project and integrate iCenter™ digital solutions powered by Cordant™ to maximize availability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
By leveraging Baker Hughes extensive knowledge and experience in LNG development, Baker Hughes will help optimize project execution, and ensure a streamlined, cost-effective design, allowing Argent LNG to move forward with greater efficiency and financial certainty.
We anticipate our current liquefaction design LNG modulars will set the industry standard, supplanting traditional large-scale, custom-built plant configurations in the United States with a more efficient approach. This forward-looking strategy revolves around adopting factory-built, mid-scale, modular plant designs, allowing for the efficient manufacture, assembly, and fabrication of our process systems offsite by our suppliers.
Less risky than prevalent highly customized, 'stick-built' projects, our modular approach diverges from the conventional on-site construction paradigm. Unlike projects constructed primarily on-site over extended periods by large workforces, our mid-scale design minimizes risks and enhances efficiency.
Innovative Modular Design will lead the way. Our objective is to construct these modules as close to Port Fourchon as possible, reducing transit times and high logistics costs. We aim for optimal efficiency with liquefaction modules sized to allow for consistent and cost-effective expansion, meticulously fabricated offsite, pre-tested, and seamlessly delivered to the site in a fully assembled state.
Argent's Liquefaction Process is poised to become the world’s most widely used LNG liquefaction technology. Our pure refrigerants design enables industry-leading operability with low carbon emissions and 94% thermal efficiency. Operating within controlled factory environments significantly reduces construction labor, enhancing site safety, execution quality, and ensuring timely delivery.
Adopting a configuration whereby motors are installed on each train, alongside gas and electrically driven motors, establishes a groundbreaking industry standard for plant availability and reliability. Expertise differentiates.
The adoption of this modular design has led to a substantial reduction in execution risks and installation times, achieved through the delivery of fully complete modules.
At Argent LNG, our design process began with a ground-up approach, encompassing every aspect of our operations. From selecting the best LNG tanks available to developing operational software, every detail was meticulously considered to ensure efficiency, safety, and reliability.
When it came to selecting LNG tanks, we spared no effort in identifying and procuring the most advanced and reliable options on the market. Our team conducted thorough research and analysis to evaluate various tank designs, considering factors such as capacity, durability, and compatibility with our facility's requirements. After careful consideration, we chose tanks that not only met but exceeded our stringent standards for safety and performance.
GTT's innovative containment systems are renowned for their robustness and efficiency. These systems will be integrated into Argent LNG's storage infrastructure to enhance storage capacity and operational efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. At the end of 2023, 530 LNG carriers and 48 onshore storage tanks fitted with GTT technology were in operation or on order worldwide.
Simultaneously, our focus on operational software was equally rigorous. We understood the critical role that technology plays in optimizing LNG operations, from monitoring and control to maintenance and logistics. Therefore, we collaborated with industry-leading software developers to tailor solutions specifically designed to streamline our processes and enhance operational efficiency.
By taking a comprehensive and meticulous approach to design, we have ensured that every aspect of our facility, from the tanks to the software, is optimized to deliver the highest standards of performance, reliability, and safety. This commitment to excellence underscores our dedication to providing our customers with the best possible LNG products and services.
Location, Location, Location
Location makes the difference. The Argent LNG project, located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, is on track to achieve a total capacity of up to 25 MTPA. The facility is strategically positioned to the west of Belle Pass on an initial 144-acre site owned by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, distinct from the existing developments. Port Fourchon is obtaining the authority to dredge to 50 feet and is widening the channel to 475 feet. The WRDA bill that currently passed through Congress will give the Port the ability to move through the process with the Army Corps of Engineers to move toward -50ft.
Baker Hughes Mid-Scale Modular solution with SMR technology
In contrast to the risk profile and upward CAPEX of a traditional baseload liquefaction plant, Baker Hughes mid-scale solutions use multiple, smaller modular LNG trains that allow clients to scale projects according to market conditions and expand capacity as demand grows. Modular solutions are quicker to market and thereby generate faster revenues for stakeholders.
Baker Hughes SMR Process Technology
The Single Mixed Refridgerent process technology provides significantly better efficiency and superior performance over other comparable technologies and makes it possible to optimize liquefaction systems over a wide range of site conditions. SMR process technology can be configured to match available gas turbine power with single cold box capacity to 2 MTPA.
Baker Hughes Efficient Heat Exchange is Key
Brazed aluminum heat exchangers provide optimal thermal performance and operating efficiency versus other heat exchanger types and are at the heart of our standard and modular plant solutions and process technologies.
ABB services as a Reliable, Cost-Effective partner
ABB is proud to be working with Argent LNG to build one of North America’s most cost-efficient and well-integrated LNG facilities. It is ABB's commitment to introduce best-in-class solutions starting with electrical engineering, simulation, seamless integration, electrical, automation, and control room design, to help deliver low-carbon LNG facilities with operational excellence, optimize production assets, increase energy efficiency and operate more sustainably. Partnering with ABB empowers Argent the ability to engineer and design once and digital twin with a single technology partner, that delivers consistent and reliable solutions. ABB’s global footprint and long-term commitment allows for support throughout the entire life cycle of the LNG facility.
Air Coolers
Air cooled heat exchangers reduce plot space and deliver significant cost savings in LNG liquefaction plants. These started being buillt its reputation more than 75 years ago pioneering the technology to solve urgent production problems in the field. Today, with hundreds of thousands of products hard at work in plants around the globe, it is a world renowned brand for air-cooled heat exchangers.
GTT Onshore Tank Technology
GTT, a technology and engineering group with expertise in the design and development of cryogenic membrane containment systems for use in the transport and storage of liquefied gases, will provide its cutting-edge membrane technology for LNG storage tanks, ensuring optimal performance, safety, and reliability due to its simplified modular technology, which relies on pre-fabricated containment elements to achieve optimum thermal cycle performance and facilitate construction, operation and maintenance.
