Atlas Copco to provide compressor technology for LNG carriers

摘要

Drawing from its experience serving the LNG market,turbomachinery manufacturer Atlas Copco Gas and Process Division has secured a compressor order for the carrier LNG market.The order,placed by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea,is for a total of eight HD centrifugal gas compressors and eight oil-free gas screw compressors,along with the necessary heaters and vaporizers.The equipment will be used on four 180,000-m~3 vessels commissioned by Celsius Tankers.The first units will begin shipping from Atlas Copco Gas and Process to the customer beginning October 2019,with the remainder of the machinery to be delivered in 2Q 2020.