US Firm Hired for Arctic LNG-2 Compressor Controls

Novatek has awarded several contracts to Compressor Controls Corp (CCC), a subsidiary of US-based Roper Technologies that specialises in LNG turbomachinery controls, relating to its Arctic LNG-2 liquefaction project in northern Russia.

Under the contracts, CCC will oversee the turbomachinery controls and optimisation of centrifugal compressors and expanders for all three of the facility’s 6.6mn mt/yr trains, the company said on April 22. In addition to spearheading anti-surge, performance, quench and other advanced controls, CCC will provide an emulator for use during plant simulation.

The $21bn Arctic LNG-2 project is slated to start production in 2023. Besides Novatek, its shareholders include France's Total, China's CNPC and Cnooc and Japan's Mitsui and Jogmec.

CCC also worked at Yamal LNG, Novatek's first LNG project that came on stream in late 2017.