LNG Limited: OSMR patent to be issued in April 2015

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited said it has completed the process for the patent for the company’s LNG processing design to be issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and has been advised that it should be issued in April 2015. 

The patent will protect the company’s primary invention being a method and system for froduction of LNG (OSMR process), the company said in a statement.

LNG Limited’s Chief Technical Officer, Paul Bridgwood, the originator of the OSMR (Optimized Single Mixed Refrigerant) natural gas liquefaction process, said that the OSMR technology is based on a simple single mixed refrigerant system, with the addition of conventional combined heat and power recovery, coupled with ammonia refrigeration technology to significantly enhance the plant performance in terms of LNG output and overall plant efficiency.

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