Inventors:
David Charles Landry - Madisonville LA, US
Roger Jacques Maduell - Amite LA, US
Assignee:
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC - New Orleans LA
International Classification:
B65B 1/04
US Classification:
141382, 141 11, 141 82, 141 95, 141387, 405 53, 62 531
Abstract:
An integrated energy hub facility capable of bringing together all aspects of hydrocarbon and other fluid product movement under controlled conditions applicable to the reception, storage, processing, collection and transmission downstream is provided. Input to the energy hub includes natural gas and crude from a pipeline or a carrier, LNG from a carrier, CNG from a carrier, and carrier-regassed LNG, as well as other products from a pipeline or a carrier. Storage can be above surface, in salt caverns or in subterranean formations and cavities, and include petroleum crude, natural gas, LPG, NGL, GTL and other fluids. Transmission downstream may be carried out by a vessel or other type of carrier and/or by means of a pipeline system. Cryogenic fluids are offloaded and sent to the energy hub surface holding tank, then pumped to the energy hub vaporizers and sent to underground storage and/or distribution.