Article Published In Vol.3 (Sept-Oct-2015)

The future role of natural gas in Saudi Arabia

Author : Prof.Dr. Mohamed Morsy Elgohary and Captin Khalil Hemida

Despite the attractiveness and extraordinary progress of many nations and world commerce, since industrial revolutions in the 20th century by fossil fuel, it’s the major source of many social problems and concerns, as environmental hazards and sustainability issues. The following assessment is focused on analyzing the functions of floating, storage, offloading and production of offshore oil vessels. Information related to the technology, design, operation and project management of these vessels from a marine perspective has been presented likewise. Observing the rapid digitalization of the modern world, researchers have significantly deployed numerous strategies in order to integrate technology for provisioning better end services while constructing these vessels. However, the detailed information on oil and gas processing as well as the complex engineering assessments are nevertheless avoided in the following assessment.

Keywords: Natural Gas, FLNG: Floating liquefied natural gas and alternative fuels.