Technip Energies launches modular 1.5-MTPA LNG solution

Technip Energies has launched a standardized, modular LNG plant design that incorporates electric motor-driven liquefaction compression technology from Siemens Energy and gas pretreatment and liquefaction technologies from Honeywell Technologies.

The SnapLNG 1.5 concept is built around a standardized 1.5 million-tonne-per-annum (MTPA) LNG train that can be replicated for larger developments. Technip Energies said extensive offsite fabrication and standardization could shorten project schedules by as much as two years while reducing execution risk and operational emissions.

The three companies are targeting the growing small- to mid-scale LNG market with the design. Technip Energies will provide project execution, modularization and digital project delivery capabilities, while Honeywell will supply gas pretreatment, liquefaction and automation technologies. Siemens Energy will provide electrified turbomachinery and compression technology.

The companies did not disclose the configuration, number or ratings of the electric motor-driven compressor trains included in the standard design.

“Meeting growing LNG demand requires close collaboration across the LNG value chain,” said Marcus Bruecher, senior vice president of compression at Siemens Energy. “Together with Technip Energies and Honeywell Technologies, Siemens Energy contributes proven electrified turbomachinery and compression technologies to support a standardized and modular LNG solution aimed at reducing complexity and improving execution certainty.”

Technip Energies said the modular approach is intended to give developers greater cost and schedule predictability compared with individually engineered LNG projects. Individual 1.5-MTPA trains can be replicated to increase overall plant capacity.

“SnapLNG 1.5 gives project owners and developers a faster and more predictable route to bringing new LNG capacity online,” said Loic Chapuis, president of project delivery and services at Technip Energies. He said the combination of standardized technology and modular construction is intended to improve project economics and reduce execution risk.

Honeywell said its contribution includes pretreatment technologies currently used to process approximately 40% of global LNG production.

Technip Energies said more than 200 MTPA of additional LNG capacity could be required globally by 2035, with the United States expected to account for approximately half of LNG market growth.

The companies are introducing the SnapLNG 1.5 concept at Gastech 2026 in Bangkok.