NO331740B1 - Fremgangsmate og system for optimalisert LNG produksjon - Google Patents

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NO331740B1
NO331740B1 NO20083740A NO20083740A NO331740B1 NO 331740 B1 NO331740 B1 NO 331740B1 NO 20083740 A NO20083740 A NO 20083740A NO 20083740 A NO20083740 A NO 20083740A NO 331740 B1 NO331740 B1 NO 331740B1
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Carl Jorgen Rummelhoff
Arne Jakobsen
Bjorn Harald Haukedal
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Priority to NO20083740A priority Critical patent/NO331740B1/no
Priority to ES09788380.5T priority patent/ES2586313T3/es
Priority to DK09788380.5T priority patent/DK2331897T3/da
Priority to PL09788380T priority patent/PL2331897T3/pl
Priority to EP09788380.5A priority patent/EP2331897B1/en
Priority to PCT/NO2009/000302 priority patent/WO2010024691A2/en
Priority to AU2009286189A priority patent/AU2009286189B2/en
Priority to BRPI0917353A priority patent/BRPI0917353B1/pt
Priority to CN200980133223.2A priority patent/CN102239377B/zh
Priority to US13/061,382 priority patent/US9163873B2/en
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NO20083740A NO331740B1 (no) 2008-08-29 2008-08-29 Fremgangsmate og system for optimalisert LNG produksjon
US13/061,382 US9163873B2 (en) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Method and system for optimized LNG production
EP09788380.5A EP2331897B1 (en) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Method and system for optimized lng production
DK09788380.5T DK2331897T3 (da) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Fremgangsmåde og system til optimeret LNG-produktion
PL09788380T PL2331897T3 (pl) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Sposób i układ do optymalnej produkcji LNG
ES09788380.5T ES2586313T3 (es) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Procedimiento y sistema de producción de GNL optimizada
PCT/NO2009/000302 WO2010024691A2 (en) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Method and system for optimized lng production
AU2009286189A AU2009286189B2 (en) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 Method and system for optimized LNG production
BRPI0917353A BRPI0917353B1 (pt) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 método e sistema para a produção de gás natural liquefeito
CN200980133223.2A CN102239377B (zh) 2008-08-29 2009-08-27 用于优化的液化天然气生产的方法和系统

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BR (1) BRPI0917353B1 (da)
DK (1) DK2331897T3 (da)
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