scholarly journals Managing Inventory and Production Capacity in Start-Up Firms

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn C. Thomas ◽  
Thomas W. Archibald ◽  
Edgar Possani
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Start Up

A case study of the Flex LNG/Rift Oil floating LNG project in Papua New Guinea

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
Peter Dighton
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Fiscal Regime ◽  
Project Structure

Flex LNG Limited is a producer of units for the production, storage and off-take of liquefied natural gas (LNG). It currently has four of these units committed for construction by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea, utilising the SPB LNG containment system. The world’s first floating liquefaction unit will be delivered to Flex in 2012. Floating LNG facilities have unique potential for monetising uncommitted gas reserves. In June 2008 Flex and Rift PLC entered into a co-operation agreement under which they agreed to work together to develop a floating liquefaction project offshore Papua New Guinea (PNG). The project will utilise Rift’s gas reserves and one of Flex LNG’s floating liquefaction units. Annual production capacity will be 1.5 million tonnes of LNG and start-up is targetted for 2012. The paper will be a case study of this project including: critical path, project structure and contractual matrix, upstream reserves and facilities, feed gas quantity and quality, pipeline issues and, key design parameters and liquefaction operations for the LNG producer. The paper will also cover: direct and indirect stakeholders in the project; economics and financing; PNG-specific issues such as geography, permitting, fiscal regime, local employment opportunities, marine conditions, infrastructure and sovereign risk; LNG demand in the Pacific and LNG marketing and off-take arrangements.

The single-item lot-sizing polytope with continuous start-up costs and uniform production capacity

2015 ◽  
Vol 235 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-258
Author(s):  
Mariana Escalante ◽  
Javier Marenco ◽  
María del Carmen Varaldo
Keyword(s):  
Lot Sizing ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Single Item ◽  
Start Up

Industrial Application of a Direct Refrigeration System for Energy Conservation

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-173
Author(s):  
D. P. Shea ◽  
J. E. Shelton ◽  
T. L. White
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Operating Experience ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Refrigeration System ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Process Plant ◽  
Liquid Heat ◽  
Intermediate Cooling ◽  
Industrial Refrigeration

A large direct industrial refrigeration system was installed to reduce energy consumption in a chemical process plant. Electrical energy was saved by eliminating an intermediate cooling circuit including chilled liquid heat exchangers and glycol circulating pumps. A benefit of the system was increased production capacity by improving evaporator heat transfer, which reduced batch cycle time. This paper discusses system design, start-up and operating experience, and energy savings.

scholarly journals From initial advice statement to export – a 10 year retrospective of Queensland's liquefied natural gas industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Peter Downey ◽  
Jon Thomas ◽  
Mark Stone
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Liquefied Natural Gas ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Natural Gas Industry ◽  
Project Life ◽  
Oil Gas

A decade on from the submission of project initial advice statements to Queensland Government agencies in 2008, this paper provides a retrospective on the development journey of three integrated coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) mega-projects currently delivering domestic and international markets. The process from development concept to operating asset is considered from several perspectives including: project rationale, description and delivery, as well as regulatory approvals. Project delivery is further considered in terms of the upstream, midstream and downstream components. The delivery of world first CSG to LNG is discussed in the context of project execution during significant volatility in the global oil, gas and LNG markets. All three projects have successfully completed commissioning and start-up. Although all six trains have been performance tested at name-plate production capacity, current LNG production is below this level. This paper examines their evolution from the initial concepts through to delivery, including current gas reserves and those required to sustain gas supply over expected project life. The paper also considers how these projects and any future expansion of the Queensland LNG industry will be impacted upon by an evolving global LNG market.

NORTH RANKIN 'A' GAS RECYCLING PROJECT — DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
D.J. Holt ◽  
C. de Jong ◽  
D.G. Rowell
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Injection Wells ◽  
Total Recovery ◽  
The North ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Excess Production ◽  
Major Incidents ◽  
Early Production ◽  
Gas Recycling

Gas recycling, to increase early production and total recovery of hydrocarbon condensate, was implemented on the North Rankin 'A' platform to take advantage of excess production capacity prior to the commencement of the LNG export phase. By recycling excess 'dry' gas back into the reservoir, condensate production has been doubled, to around 3 000 kl per day (19 000 barrels) per day and ultimate recovery increased.The additional facilities installed included five injection wells, an additional production well, and a 23 MW gas turbine driven gas recompression facility that was retrofitted within existing facilities on the platform. Designed in-house, the facility involved relocation of some operating plant and piecemeal installation of a new 400 tonne module containing a 23 MW aero-derivative gas turbine driven high pressure (30 MPa) centrifugal compressor and ancillary equipment. The compressor set was extensively tested under full load conditions at the manufacturer's works in France before delivery.Offshore construction was complicated by the congested working area and the difficulties of working in and integrating with live production facilities but was completed without major incidents or causing undue interference to platform production. Commissioning proceeded quite smoothly. Full operation was achieved within ten days of initial start-up, and the facility has continued to yield impressive production results.

scholarly journals Wet hydrate dissolution plant

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
Mirjana Stankovic ◽  
Branimir Kovacevic ◽  
Lato Pezo
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Process Equipment ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Centrifugal Pumps ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Additional Process ◽  
Zeolite Production

The IGPC Engineering Department designed basic projects for a wet hydrate dissolution plant, using technology developed in the IGPC laboratories. Several projects were completed: technological, machine, electrical, automation. On the basis of these projects, a production plant with capacity of 50,000 t/y was manufactured, at "Zeolite Mira", Mira (VE), Italy, in 1997, for increasing detergent zeolite production from 50,000 to 100,000 t/y. Several goals were realized by designing a wet hydrate dissolution plant. Main goal was increasing the detergent zeolite production capacity. The technological cycle of NaOH was closed, and no effluents emitted, and there is no pollution. Wet hydrate dissolution is now fully continuous, which is important for maintaining zeolite production quality, as well as for simplifying production. The wet hydrate production process is fully automatized, and the product has uniform quality. The production process can be controlled manually, which is necessary during start-up, and repairs. By installing additional process equipment (centrifugal pumps and dissolving reactors) technological bottlenecks were overcome, and by adjusting NaOH tanks and dissolving reactors, the capacities of the process equipment was fully utilized.

scholarly journals Managing inventory and production capacity in start-up firms

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 1624-1634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W Archibald ◽  
Edgar Possani ◽  
Lyn C Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Start Up

scholarly journals Detergent zeolite filtration plant

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Mirjana Stankovic ◽  
Lato Pezo
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Vacuum System ◽  
Process Equipment ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Centrifugal Pumps ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Additional Process ◽  
Zeolite Production

The IGPC Engineering Department designed basic projects for detergent zeolite filtration plant, using technology developed in the IGPC laboratories. Several projects were completed: technological, machine, electrical, automation. On the basis of these projects, a production plant with a capacity of 75,000 t/y was manufactured, at "Zeolite Mira", Mira (VE), Italy, in 1997, for increasing detergent zeolite production, from 50,000 to 100,000 t/y. The main goal was to increase the detergent zeolite production capacity. The technological cycle of the filtrate was closed, and no effluents emitted, and there is no pollution. The detergent zeolite filtration process is fully continuous, by which a significant improvement in zeolite production was achieved, both in unification of quality of the product and in simplifying production. This process is fully automatized, and the product has uniform quality. The production process can be controlled manually, which is necessary during start-up, and repairs. By installing additional process equipment (centrifugal pumps, a vacuum system and belt filter) technological bottlenecks were overcome by adjusting the work of centrifugal pumps and belt filter, and also by optimizing the capacities of process equipment.

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