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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2015
Yufen Shao, Houston, TX (US);
Vikas Goel, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua R. Lowry, Houston, TX (US);
Bora Tarhan, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin C. Furman, Morristown, NJ (US);
Yufen Shao, Houston, TX (US);
Vikas Goel, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua R. Lowry, Houston, TX (US);
Bora Tarhan, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin C. Furman, Morristown, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for generating an optimized ship schedule to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) from one or more LNG liquefaction terminals to one or more LNG regasification terminals using a fleet of ships. The method involves modeling the ship schedule via an LNG ship scheduling model and a LNG ship rescheduling model to provide optimized decisions for the LNG supply chain. The LNG supply chain includes the one or more LNG liquefaction terminals, the one or more LNG regasification terminals, and the fleet of ships.