Correspondents at Zeus Liquefied Natural Gas Report investigate and analyze the world LNG marketplace so as to apprise readers of business opportunities and offer perspectives concerning market imbalances or industry shifts in advance of their occurrence.

Correspondents rely heavily on data compiled in Zeus Virtual Energy Library™ as well as interviews with industry newsmakers.   When correspondents learn of important breaking news not broadcast by wire services, they alert Zeus Liquefied Natural Gas Report readers immediately.

Subscribers are furnished with a "user name" and "password" which will allows access to the Zeus Virtual Energy Library World LNG Trade databases (currently in development) as well as Zeus Liquefied Natural Gas Report daily stories and the archive search feature.

Managing Editor: Anoop Shah

The technology for liquefaction, transport and regasification of natural gas is well established. But, the specialized knowledge associated with LNG projects rests with a relatively small number of firms that design and operate these facilities. In response to several reader requests, Zeus Development Corporation has published LNG Receiving and Regasification Terminals: An Overview of Design, Operation and Project Development Consideration that covers a number of topics pertinent to everyone interested in developing, designing or operating an LNG receiving terminal.

Author: Ram R. Tarakad, Director of Downstream Gas Practice
Zeus Development Corporation

Despite a downturn in the economy, medium-scale LNG (MSLNG) continues to be of interest to developers looking to monetize mid-tier gas reserves.  A host of companies are exploring MSLNG options, both onshore plants and floating production units, in all corners of the globe.  MSLNG solutions can make smaller gas reserves more economical to produce, and, in the case of floating liquefaction, can bypass many of the regulatory and geopolitical concerns that plague onshore plants in volatile regions.

Zeus Development has conducted an in-depth survey of this emerging industry to assess and examine the growing momentum behind it. Deliverables include:

1. 250-Page Report which includes narrative and profiles of 53 small- and medium-scale liquefaction projects and some 150 oil and distillate-fired power plants. See prospectus outline of the report.

2. Online project database updated real time in the Virtual Energy Library™:
Small- and Medium-Scale LNG. See project listing online

The objectives of this report are threefold:

First, to access the impact of LNG on the East Coast natural gas market and the elasticity of that market relative to price of LNG.

Second, to examine the capability of LNG exporters in the Atlantic Basin, Mediterranean and Middle East to reliably supply more LNG to the East Coast market at competitive prices.

Third, to determine the current U.S. capability to receive LNG for delivery to the East Coast, the practicalities of landing more LNG (given federal, state and local permitting requirements and concerns of the public over safety and the environment), and the challenges of integrating additional LNG supplies into the gas transmission system.

Zeus Development Corporation's post-conference report, entitled "LNG: Non-Traditional Concepts for Receiving and Regasification," draws on presentations and discussions from the conference sessions as well as follow-on research of open issues identified during the meeting. The report profiles new designs, assesses their economics and compares their capabilities to conventional terminals, considers the implications for open-access tolling and merchant-import approaches, and evaluates the timing of their commercial readiness. To prepare the report, Zeus built on analysis from its 2000 industry report on conventional LNG receiving and regasification terminals (ISBN: 0-615-11567-5).

Zeus Development Corporation's post-conference report, entitled "Examining how West Coast terminals will forever change the marketplace," draws on presentations and discussions from the conference sessions as well as follow-on research by Zeus Development Corporation.