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Gas Recovery System
Exclusively
Licensed to
Gulf Coast Consulting
for North & South America
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 ABOUT
Dec.5, 2005, Houston, TX., Gas Recovery Systems AS, a subsidiary of
I.M. Skaugen ASA, listed as (MSK) on the Oslo stock exchange and the inventors of the
patented cryogenic gas recovery technology, executed a strategic partnership
with Gulf Coast Consulting of Houston, Texas.
GRS AS granted licensing to GCC as the exclusive licensee for
commercialization in North
and South America, including global sales and marketing.
GCC will begin developing relationships for future sales with manufacturers,
distributors, product resellers, and nitrogen suppliers.
GCC's market focus will include the petrochemical, rail, marine, bulk
storage, and transport industries. And most recently GCC is planning new
markets focusing on
"remote or stranded gas-fields"
for methane to LNG, (GTL) gas to liquids, market opportunities and recovery
projects. The versatile GRS acts as the final process for a modular or
Mini-LNG liquefaction plant. R&D continues to research natural gas
pretreatment systems to complement the GRS for remote operation's projects.
GRS
History
The Gas Recovery System began as an
idea to assist for what was once a cumbersome task for Capt.
Baard Norberg.
The task was to recover and eliminate the remaining undeliverable
cargo heel of liquids and gas vapors from large gas carriers.
Large
gas carriers used a common degassing method and process of blowers and/or nitrogen
to purge the vapors after draining the remaining liquids. These early processes
included today's non-environmental friendly purging of liquids and vapors directly to an incineration flare. These
processes would generate flaring emissions at high levels with great health
and safety risks.
Capt.
Norberg needed to fill this void and so he began his engineering and design
that
included process capabilities and function that would purge, recover, clean and recycle carrier
ship cargo heels without a flare. The process micro-plant was developed,
engineered, and tested between 1994-1998 in cooperation with SINTEF Energy
Research and the Refrigeration Department were it would be tagged "The GRS".
The
unit design incorporates a footprint capable of recovering 20+ gases and
chemicals including the Texas Chapter 115 top 4
volatile organic compound, Ethylene, Propylene, 1,3 Butadiene and Butenes.
Recovery applications include methane recovery and Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)
liquefaction for future LNG production customers and projects. Highlighted
service projects
include industry giant Vopak Inc. required mandated scheduled maintenance of
acclaimed 2002 World Largest Sphere. The VCM Sphere stands at a storage
capacity totaling 6650 CBM. The recovery and sphere cleaning
project was detailed as the first 4 day, 24-hour ongoing gold star project
for the GRS operators. An environmentally challenging Freon recovery project tops out the spectrum of
successful applications that give this technology a great future in several
industries.
See Vopak Presentation...
 The
GRS Technology
The GRS is a cryogenic, compact,
flare-less, and skid mounted unit. The unit was designed for recovery, reclamation,
and cleaning of several petrochemical gases/vapors and liquid products. The GRS technology offers a clean and energy efficient method for transport facilities and shipping terminals to unload and clean cargo containers,
pressure vessels and transport
pressure vehicles.
The GRS applications have developed into a
new green process and emerging
technology that is poised to qualify its position as a best available
technology. It will support several industries by reducing the time required to
purge, clean, recover, and now reclaim materials from gas carriers, barges,
rail tank cars, and bulk storage spheres. This while combining solutions to
streamline the abatement, recovery, and reclamation process including the
reduction of flaring, annual emissions, and associated costs, while meeting
stringent environmental mandates and public health associated risks.
In 1994,
while a Skaugen Captain for large gas carriers, he developed a
partnership with Skaugen, his employer, and formed Gas Recovery Systems
AS. After the unit engineering and testing, Captain Norberg received
global patents in 1998 and began
utilizing the GRS unit for commercial service projects throughout Europe.
GCC wishes to
thank Capt. Baard Norberg for his vision and engineering achievement of the
Gas Recovery System. We appreciate his graciousness for granting us
the opportunity to help commercialize his great process and technology.
 In
May 2006,
Capt. Norberg and Helge Johanson, a support scientist
and operator of SINTEF Energy Research, completed their
first U.S. Barge Demonstration with successful results at Kirby Inland
Marine Barge Dock in Channelview, TX. Early analysis and results
support great achievements especially for a GRS first time Isobutane Barge
Recovery.
See
Demo Video...
Capt. Norberg
is scheduled for new and repeat service projects throughout Europe including
Teesside, Denmark, and 2007 projects in Thailand and Australia.
 GRS
Company Background
Gas Recovery Systems
AS is located in Oslo, Norway
which coordinates all operations within
the European industry. GRS AS has developed the
compact transportable multi-purpose system
to recover Volatile Organic Compounds.
GRS A/S is 50% a part of the I.M. Skaugen Group which is listed on the Oslo
stock exchange. All
GRS operations, projects, and
continuous R&D is supported by scientific
engineering, testing, and reporting from SINTEF Energy Research.
 GRS
Project Development Partners
The GRS technology
is developed through the cooperation of:
Norwegian Gas Carriers
Statoil International Oil & Gas Company
SINTEF -
The Foundation for Scientific & Industrial Research at the Norwegian
Institute of Technology (NTH)
DNV - Det Norske Veritas
IMO - International Maritime Organization - Green Ship
Program
Multimaskin AS - Production Engineering for Ship, Offshore,
and Process Industries
SND - The Norwegian Industrial and Regional Development
Fund/ Northern Norway Secretariat
About:
I.M. Skaugen ASA
Oslo Børs:-Ticker: IMSK-
Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, I.M. Skaugen ASA
is a Marine Transportation Service Company engaged in the safe transport of petrochemical
gases and LPG, and the ship-to-ship transfer of crude oil. Their customers are major,
international companies in the oil and petrochemical industry, whom they serve worldwide
from operations in Dubai, Freeport TX, Houston TX, Nanjing, Oslo, Shanghai, Singapore and
Wuhan. I.M. Skaugen operates recruitment and training programs in St. Petersburg, Russia
and Wuhan, China for the crewing of its vessels.
The Group employs about 780 people and
currently operates 42 vessels worldwide. The fleet comprises petrochemical gas and LPG
carriers, Aframax tankers, vessels and barges for the transportation of gases on the
Yangtze River and a small number of workboats for Skaugen PetroTrans. Six new, purpose
designed and built "Aframax sized tankers", are on order for delivery to SPT on
a long term Bareboat charter and commencing during 2007. Two LPG vessel of 3200 cbm are on
order for delivery in 2006; three purpose designed combination carriers with
LPG, VCM, Ethylene, and Organic chemicals (IMO2) carrying capability and four advanced 10,000
cbm LPG/Ethylene gas carriers are on order for Norgas for delivery in 2008/2009. There is
an agreement to purchase up to six additional such vessels.
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 The GRS
Today
The GRS, a 1997 idea, is just starting to
find its innovative process in several niche markets, has left energy
companies and service providers wanting
more education on the versatile and multi-purpose unit that is in the R&D
for methane liquefaction markets. From new VOCs, and environmentally challenging
chemicals, to stranded fields, landfills, and most recently methane gas
digesters.
 GRS
AS hosts GCC
Oslo, Norway
The Gas
Recovery AS team lead by Skaugen's CEO Moritz Skaugen Jr. and Chief
Innovations Officer Capt. Baard Norberg, graciously hosted our first
meetings. GCC & GRS agree to US sales and marketing partnership.
See Norway...
 GCC
Visits SINTEF at NTH
Trondheim, Norway
SINTEF Energy
Research is the world-renowned incubator within the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU). See
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