The Gastech Exhibition & Conference 2024 concluded recently in Houston, Texas with over 45,000 attendees from 156 countries, reinforcing its position as the world’s premier platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and energy professionals within the international gas industry.
At Gastech, Steinar Draegebo, ICE Chairman and Chief Executive, presented a paper on Very Large Ammonia Carrier (VLAC) design. Chris Clucas, a well-recognized authority on gas ships and Principal at Liquefied Gas Consultancy Ltd., had co-authored the paper with input also from Sorin Brazdis and Dragos Totolici from ICE. The paper focused on the critical differences between Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs) transporting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and VLACs transporting ammonia. The drive to decarbonization is expected to result in a significant increase in world-wide production and use of “green” ammonia, and a need for more than one hundred new VLACs for transportation of the gas.
ICE’s presence at Gastech and the awareness it created of ICE’s extensive gas-ship related experience have resulted in several important leads, which are now being followed-up.
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