Samsung Heavy Industries Wins Recognition for Its LNG Liquefaction Technology

[Financial News] Samsung Heavy Industries announced that on the 31st of last month (local time), it received a special award for its natural gas liquefaction system "SENSE LNG" at the Offshore Technology Conference Asia 2026 (OTC Asia 2026), held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia.
A natural gas liquefaction system cools Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to minus 163 degrees Celsius, reducing its volume to one-six-hundredth so it can be stored and transported in large quantities. This core technology has long been dominated by a small number of specialized companies in Europe and the United States, including Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Air Products.
Through continuous research and development, Samsung Heavy Industries independently developed its "SENSE" natural gas liquefaction system in 2017. Since then, it has steadily improved performance and conducted more than 1,000 hours of demonstration tests, earning recognition for its technological capabilities and laying the groundwork for entry into the global market.
The award-winning "SENSE LNG" uses a gas expansion process that relies only on single-component nitrogen and methane as refrigerants, operating entirely in the gaseous phase to enhance operational convenience and safety. By combining the separation process, which removes unnecessary components during liquefaction, with the liquefaction process itself, the system simplifies equipment configuration and achieves higher energy efficiency than other gas expansion processes.
Samsung Heavy Industries is currently building the ZLNG floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in Malaysia and the Cedar LNG floating LNG facility in Canada. Two additional orders for Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) units are also imminent: the main contract for the already-launched Coral Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (Coral FLNG) project in the Republic of Mozambique, and a newbuild contract for the Delfin FLNG project in the United States of America (U.S.).
An Young-gyu, executive vice president and head of the Technology Development Division at Samsung Heavy Industries, said, "We plan to use SENSE LNG to maintain our overwhelming competitive edge in the world’s leading FLNG sector," adding, "We will also apply it to small onshore LNG production facilities, such as LNG bunkering terminals, to further expand our share in the global LNG value chain market."


ggg@fnnews.com Kang Gu-gwi Reporter