MAN B&W Diesel

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LNG market profits from MAN B&W Diesel ME-engines MAN B&W Diesel A/S
Teglholmsgade 41
2450 Copenhagen SV
Breakthrough for ME engines Denmark

in LNG carriers Tel.: +45 33 85 11 00

Fax: +45 33 85 10 30

Copenhagen, 21 December 2004: Four very large LNG www.manbw.com

carriers destined for transport of gas from Qatar to the UK

have been ordered at DSME of Korea. For further information,
please contact:
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Each vessel with a carrying capacity of 210.000 m LNG will Peter Dan Petersen
Senior Manager
feature 2 x 6S70ME-C engines designed by MAN B&W
PR & Documentation
Diesel and be delivered during 2007-08.
Tel.: +45 33 85 14 70

Furthermore, four sets of MAN B&W Holeby 7L32/40 pdp@manbw.dk

GenSets will be featured per vessel.

Each vessel has been specified with reliquefication plants

to process the boil-off gas occurring between the loading
point in Qatar and their destination in the United Kingdom.

Says Ole Grøne, MAN B&W Diesel Vice President Two-

stroke Sales and Marketing, "Significant cost benefits can
be realised by LNG transporters by switching from a
traditional steam turbine propulsion plant to reliable and
fuel-efficient diesel engines and, in particular for large
vessels, to electronically-controlled MAN B&W Diesel ME

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low speed diesel engines, when used in conjunction with

reliquefaction of the cargo’s boil-off gas."

MAN B&W Diesel’s electronically-controlled ME engines

are particularly attractive for LNG ships, whose lifetime
could be 40 years. The great flexibility for fuel economy and
emissions optimisation is inherent in the design and the
control system software can be updated routinely as
required.

A pair of ME-type low speed engines, arranged to drive

fixed pitch propellers via clutches, eliminates any concern
over propulsion plant reliability and redundancy. Mobility is
always ensured and maintenance can be done in port.

Thermal efficiencies of prime movers:

In the unlikely event that operation with only one engine

should become necessary, the ME engine renders itself
perfectly suitable to accept the apparently heavier operating
propeller.

Shipboard reliquefaction technology has matured

considerably in recent years, tapping wide experience from
land-based installations and LPG carrier installations.
Among others Hamworthy KSE’s patented Moss RS closed
nitrogen cycle system for reliquefying boil-off gas offers a

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solution for pumping LNG back to the cargo tanks and

hence the opportunity to deliver more cargo to the buyers.

MAN B&W Diesel has produced a paper that thoroughly

examines operating costs and additional income from the
transport and sale of LNG. The paper, entitled; 'LNG Carrier
Propulsion by ME Engines and Reliquefaction', analyses
fuel oil, lube oil and maintenance costs for both propulsion
and electrical power generation under various operating
conditions on a comparison basis for a proposed diesel-
based solution against a steam plant. The evaluation shows
that substantial economic benefits can be gained from
diesel propulsion in conjunction with gas reliquefaction over
the steam turbine-powered option, simply because of the
big difference in thermal efficiencies while the first cost of
the various propulsion systems is virtually the same.