If the production, transportation and use of LNG and LPG are related to your business in any way, you should be in Hamburg, West Germany from October 20 to 23. At that time the 8th International LNG/LPG Conference and Exhibition will be in progress. These conferences are held every two years, which allows time for many advances to be made in technology since the last conference. In 1979 the Conference and Exhibition were held in Houston, Texas, and more than 1,200 managers, engineers and technicians participated. The attendance this year is expected to surpass that figure.

The Conference program shows that Gastech '81, to be held in the Congress Centrum Hamburg, will be the most important meeting in the series with more than 50 separate presentations under seven different session headings: World Gas Supplies, LPG Production and Trade, Offshore Gas and Gas Production, Transportation Technology and Operations, Safety and Training, Liquefied Gas Storage and Development of the World's Gas Carrier Fleet.

In addition to the very comprehensive Conference program, the Gastech meeting includes, as always, a major Exhibition of liquefied gas technology equipment and services. More than 150 exhibitors will be displaying their products. The Exhibition will be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world this year.

The Gastech '81 Conference Plenary Sessions will be held in Hall 2 of the Congress Centrum Hamburg. The adjoining halls will feature the Exhibition of LNG and LPG Technologies and services. The Congress Centrum adjoins the Hamburg CP Plaza Hotel, the headquarters hotel for Gastech '81. The Exhibition will be open for four days. Admission will be restricted to only those with an active professional interest in the subject.

Gastech '81 delegates will have the opportunity of participating in one of two technical visits where they will see and discuss various aspects of the German gas industry. The visits have been arranged to take place on Friday, October 23. Visit 1 is to the Hamburger Gaswerke which serves the greater Hamburg area and has an hourly natural gas send-out rate of 200,000 cubic meters. The main underground storage reservoir at Reitbrook has a working volume of 150 million cubic meters. Visit 2 is to the Natural Gas Purification Plant of Mobil Oil AG/Elwerath NEAG, near Bremen. This plant is one of the largest in Germany: it produces sweet clean gas for the national gas grid from indigenous supplies after de-sulphurisation and removal of other impurities.

The official Gastech '81 Reception will be hosted by Poten & Partners Inc., New York. All delegates and accompanying spouses will receive an invitation to attend the Reception, which will be held in the Congress Centrum at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21. An informal Welcome Party for all registered participants will be held in the Congress Centrum Hamburg at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20.

An attractive program of tours has been arranged for the spouses of the delegates.

The head office of Gastech '81 is located at 2 Station Road, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 1QP, England. Information about Gastech '81 may be obtained in the United States from Gastech (USA) Sales, Kallman Associates, 30 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306, Telephone: 201-653-3304.

Conference Program

The Conference Program will follow the pattern established by the previous seven meetings. It will devote considerable attention to liquefied petroleum gas production and trade as well as covering all aspects of liquefied natural gas development. In addition to the presentation of technical papers, there will be a number of workshop sessions covering a wide range of technical developments. The full schedule for the Conference is as follows:

Monday, October 19 3:00 pm—Delegate registration.

Tuesday, October 20 9:00 am—Delegate registration. 9:00 am—Gastech Exhibition opens. 11:30 am—Chairmen and speakers' Luncheon (invitation only). 2:00 pm—Opening remarks. 2:15 pm—Session 1: World Gas Supplies. Chairman: Aman R. Khan, president, GDC Inc., Chicago. 2:30 pm — Natural Gas for Europe—A Personal Viewpoint by Dr. Christoph Brecht, director, Ruhrgas AG and Deutsche Verein des Gas -und Wasserfachs. 3:00 pm—The USSR Gas Industry Development and Soviet Natural Gas Exports to Western Europe by Y.V. Baranovsky, general director v/o "Sojuzgazexport", Moscow. 3:30 pm—Coffee break. 4:00 pm—Algeria's Natural Gas Export Policy by Dr. M. Belguedj, director of gas exports, Sonatrach, Algeria. 4:30 pm—International Trade in LNG: Present Projects and Future Outlook by Edward K. Faridany, managing director, Ocean Phoenix Gas Transport BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 5:00 pm—Opportunities for the Utilization of Natural Gas in the Developing Countries by George D. Carameros Jr., chairman, International Gas Development Corp., Houston, Texas. 5:30 pm—Gastech Welcome Party.

Wednesday, October 21 9:00 am—Session 2: LPG Production and Trade. Chairmen: M.J. Bowers, managing director, BP Gas Ltd., London, and M.D. Tusiani, Poten and Partners, Inc., New York, N.Y. 9:15 am—International Session: A Petrochemical Company's View on LPG as a Feedstock: Today and in the Future by W.S. Buck, commercial director, Dow Chemical Europe, S.A., Horgen, Switzerland; Abu Dhabi's Views on the LPG Industry by A.W. Maoui, marketing director, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia's Views on the LPG Industry by A. Showail, general manager, Oil and Gas Division, General Petroleum and Mineral Organization (Petromin), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and A Japanese View of the Current LPG Situation and a Look Toward the Future by K. Suzuki, general manager, London Branch, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo. Panelists: J. Mama, head, Sales Section, Marketing and Transportation Dept., Qatar General Petroleum Corporation, Dha, Qatar; L.A. Nielsen, president, Trammo Gas and Petrochemicals Ltd., London; C.R. Omana, supply and marketing coordinator, Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A., Caracas, Venezuela, and E.W. Ross, manager, International Sales, Exxon International Company, New York, N.Y. 12:30 pm—Luncheon for Conference delegates. 2:15 pm — European/North Sea Session: The Shipping and Terminalling of Gas Liquids in Europe by Dr. C.L. Beevers, manager, Economics Logistics and Project Coordination, LPG Markets Division, Shell International Petroleum Ltd., London, and The Development of New Markets in Europe (speaker to be announced), and The Development of New LPG Resources in the North Sea by T.D. Fitzmaurice, vice president - NGL and Chemical Feedstocks, Phillips Petroleum Company Europe-Africa, London. Panelists: R. Boudet, chairman, Geogas Enterprise, S.A., Geneva, Switzerland; D. Butters, head, Feedstocks, Energy and Raw Materials Dept., Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Wilton, U.K.; T. Refvem, general manager, Gas and Gas Liquids, Norsk Hydro, A.S., Oslo, Norway; J.E. Sandvik, vice president, Refining and Marketing, Statoil, A.S., Stavanger, Norway; M. van de Luitgaren, manager, Eurogas Terminals C.V., Eurogas, Rotterdam/Flushing, The Netherlands, and K.J. Vaughan, assistant general manager - Business Development, BNOC Trading Ltd., London. 3:30 pm — Session 3: Offshore Gas and Gas Production—Technical Workshop. (Hall 6, concurrent with Session 2). Utilization of a Marginal Gas Field with Major NGL Content by Natural Gas Liquefaction and Offshore Loading by D. Meyer-Detring, Preussag Erdol und Erdgas, Hannover; E. Berger, Linde AG, Werkesgruppe TVT, Munich; H.G. Butt, Bilfinger + Berger, Hamburg; K. Finsterwalder, Dyckerhoff & Widmann, Munich, and K. Petersen, Blohm + Voss, Hamburg. The OLASCO Offshore Liquefaction and Shipping System for Marginal Gas Fields by K.W. Edwards, E.K. Faridany and J. Sloggett, Offshore Liquefaction and Shipping Co. Ltd., London. 4:30 pm—Control of Dynamic Bodies Moored in an Open Seaway by T. Hillberg, Delta Marine, La Habra, Calif. 5:00 pm —Baseload LNG Plants with Spherical Storage Tanks, All Built As Very Large Modules by Dr. J. Bakke and P.G. Andersen, Moss Rosenberg Verft A.S., Moss, Norway. 5:30 pm — Cryogenic Flexible Pipes for Offshore LNG/LPG Production by J.M. Dumay, Coflexip, Paris. 7:30 pm—Cocktail buffet reception for all delegates and their ladies, sponsored by Poten & Partners Inc., New York (admission by invitation only).

Thursday, October 22 9:00 am—Session 4: Transportation Technology and Operations. Chairmen: R.C. Ffooks, consultant, London, and R.J. Lakey, president, Lakey Associates Inc., Houston, Texas. 9:00 am — A Submarine LNG Tanker Concept for the Arctic by P. Takis Veliotis, executive vice president-marine, General Dynamics Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. and Spencer Reitz, deputy general manager, General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn. 9:30 am — Energy-Saving LNG Carriers by R.S. Kvamsdal and S. Koren, Moss Rosenberg Verft A.S., Moss, Norway. 10:00 am—On the Study of the Tank System of 125,000 cu. m. MRV Type LNG Carrier (Loads and Stress Analysis) by Dr. R. Nagamoto, M. Ushijima, D. Sakai, K. Hagiwara, T. Takahashi and Y. Kuramoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Nagasaki. 10:30 am—Coffee break. 11:00 am—Response of Spherical Cargo Tanks for Liquefied Gas to Large Support Deformation by Dr. J.L. Armand, Department of Naval Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 11:30 am—A Comparison of the Collision Resistance of Membrane Tank-Type and Spherical Tank-Type LNG Tankers by P.R. Van Mater Jr., Band, Lavis and Associates Inc., Severna Park, Md.; D.L. Edinberg, Gianotti & Associates, New York and P. Orsero and D. Finifter, Institut de Recherches de la Construction Navale, Paris. 12:00 noon—Some Notes on the Practical Application of the IMCO Gas Carrier Code to Pressure Type Cargo Tanks by M. Bockenhauer, Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg. 12:30 pm—Luncheon for Conference delegates. 2:00 pm—Prediction of Sloshing Loads in LNG Ships by Dr. J.C. Peck, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntingdon Beach, Calif, and P. Jean, Gaz-Transport, Le Havre, France. 2:30 pm—LNG Transfer Ship-to-Ship Following LNG Libra Tailshaft Failure by G.J. Masaitis and E.G. Tornay, Energy Transportation Corporation, New York. 3:00 pm — Port Planning and Management Aspects of the Shipment of LNG and LPG by Capt. P.R. Lyon, Eagle Lyon Pope Associates, Dr. D.H. Slater and Dr. M.A.F. Pyman, Technica Ltd., London. 4:00 pm—Session 5: Safety and Training. Chairman: R.C. Gray, British Shipbuilders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Staying Safe and Retaining Earnings: A Team Approach to Systems Integrity on LPG Carriers by D.W.F. Gosden, M. Smith and P. Elkington, Bibby Bros. & Co., Liverpool, UK. 4:30 pm—Assessment of Consequences from Accidental Release of Liquefied Gases by D.M. Solberg and E. Skramstad, Det norske Veritas, Oslo. 5:00 pm—LNG Safety Research Overview by S. Atallah, Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Ill.

Friday, October 23 9:00 am—Session 5: Safety and Training (cont'd). Simulation and Its Role in Liquefied Gas Carrier Personnel Training by G. Angas, College of Nautical Studies, Warsash, Southampton. 9:30 am — Alternative Fire Protection Systems for LPG Vessels by J.M. Wright and K.C. Fryer, Blevex Ltd., Borehamwood, Herts., UK. 10:00 am — Poison-Resistant Flammable Gas Sensors for LNG/Offshore Installations by J.M. Sonley, International Gas Detectors Ltd., Wetherby, W. Yorks., UK. 10:30 am — Safety of Liquefied Gases Containment Systems on Land and at Sea by M. Kotcharian and J.M. Simon, Technigaz, Maurepas, France. 11:00 am—Coffee break. 11:30 am—Session 6: Liquefied Gas Storage. Chairman: Robert E. Petsinger, LNG Services Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. State-of-the-Art Assessment of Refrigerated Liquefied Gas Storage Systems Using Flat Bottom Tanks by L.P. Zick and I.V. La Fave, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Oak Brook, Ill. 12:00 noon—Test Tank Program for Liquefied Gas Storage Using the GT/MDC Containment System by T.M. Yamakawa, Tokyo Kanetsu K.K., Japan. 12:30 pm—Luncheon for Conference delegates. 2:00 pm — Unloading of Large LPG Carriers into Salt and Rock Caverns by W. Brumshagen, LGA Gastechnik GmbH, Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany. 2:30 pm—Commissioning of the 120,000 cu. m. Storage Tanks of the Gaz de France LNG Terminal by C. Riou and C. Zermati, Technigaz, Maurepas, France. 3:00 pm—Foundation Failure and Its Remedy for a Liquefied Gas Storage Tank by W.C. van Hoof, Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, Calif, and J.P. Ofrenchuck, Cyanamid of Canada Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario. 3:30 pm — Operation of the World's Largest LPG Plant by S. Shtayieh, Kuwait Oil Co.; C.A. Durr and J.C. McMillan, M.W. Kellogg, Houston, Texas and C. Collins, M.W. Kellogg, London. 4:00 pm — Session 7: Development of the World's LPG Carrier Fleet — Technical Workshop and Discussion Session. Chairman: Dr. Ing. H. Backhaus, LGA Gastechnik GmbH, Remagen-Rolandseck, Germany. Subjects: a. Classification of LPG Carriers: Aspects of New and Foreseeable IMCO Rules by J. Benoit, Bureau Veritas, Paris. b. Views of a Shipbuilder Towards Modern Gas Carriers by A.B. Bjoerkman, Oy Wartsila AB, Turku, Finland. c. Peculiarities of Gas Tanker Operations: Crews and Qualifications, Safety and Training by P.R. Mitchell, P & O Bulk Shipping Ltd., London. d. Special Queries of Gas Transporting Contracts by J.M. Mabileau, Gasteam Ltd., London. e. Shipping and Terminalling Capacities for the Increased LPG World Market by Dr. R-D. Behling, Gelsenberg AG, Hamburg.

Gastech '81 Exhibitors (Latest information at press time)

Belgium: Boelwerf; Truflo Denmark: Svanehoj Finland: Wartsila France: ACE; AMRI; Bureau Veritas; Ch. de l'Atlantique; Ch. France-Dunkerque; Ch. Nav. de la Ciotat; C.N.I.M.; Coflexip; Conemsco; C.S.C.N.M.M.; Eaton Electrical/Electronic Control; L'Industrie du Petrole; Petroles Informations; Pompes Hibon; Technigaz Hungary: Chemokomplex Italy: Snamprogetti; Termomeccania Luxembourg: Trade ARBED The Netherlands: De Boer/Ajax; Enraf Nonius; Holec; Thomassen Group Norway: Aukra Bruk; Det norske Veritas; Eivind Koch; Kvaerner Kulde; Moss Rosenberg; Thune Eureka; Unitor; Westad Armaturfabrik Spain: Auxini; SENER Sweden: AGA - Cryo; Kockums Switzerland: Cryostar; Sulzer United Kingdom: Blevex; BOC TechSep; British CECA; CBMPE; Daniel Industries; DBM Systems; Daniel Doncaster; Grove Valve; Int. Gas Detectors; Liquid Gas Equipment; Munro & Miller; Newman Hattersley; OLASCO; Ocean Phoenix Gas Transport; Orbit Valve; Serck Audco Valves; Shell Int. Marine; Teddington Bellows; John Thurley; TI Flexible Tubes; Worcester Controls United States of America: Airco Cryogenics; Airco Industrial Gases; Anderson Greenwood; Browning Ferris; J.C. Carter; Chicago Bridge & Iron; Detector Electronics; The Energy Group; Flodyne Controls; General Dynamics; Goddard Valve Corp.; Jamesbury; McDonnell Douglas; Posi-Seal; Pullman Kellogg; Reactor Services; Reinforced Earth; Royal Valves; Scientific Instruments; Worthington Pumps West Germany: 3R International Vulkan-Verlag; AGEFKO Kohlensaure Industrie; Atomac Dieter Brutsch; Bilfinger + Berger; Wilhelm Bitter Armaturen; Blohm + Voss; Otto Bosse; Bremer Vulkan; Bureau Veritas; Chemische Industrie; CKT · Calor Gas; Deutsche Babcock; Deutsche Richard Kablitz; Dragerwerk; Dyckerhoff & Widmann; Erdoel & Erdgas Zeitschift; Erdol & Kohle, Erdgas Petrochemie; F.W. Fox; G + H Montage; Gefahrliche Ladung; Germanischer Lloyd; Guide Regelarmaturen; HDW Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft; HANSA; Hamburger Rohrbogenwerk; IBAK Helmut Hunger; IWK Regler und Kompensatoren; KAEFER Isotiertechnik; Kloeckner Fluessiggastanklager; Kloeckner Werke; KOWAT; LGA Gastechnik; Linde; Marine Service; MCK Reactor Service; Messer Griesheim; Jos. L. Meyer; Neles; Offshore LNG Systems; Herbert Ott Vertriebs; Pintsch-Bamag Gastechnik; Pipeline Engineering; Rheinhold + Mahla; Regel & Messtechnik; Seehafen-Verlag Erik Blumenfeld; S.T. Stahl & Technik; Thyssen Nordseewerke; VIA; VTA; Westerwalder Eisenwerk Gerhard; AG Weser; W.I.M.; Witzenmann; Zelleweger Uster/Sieger