A chilling challenge: heating propane and ammonia with seawater

How do you heat liquid propane from −43.2 °C to −5 °C safely, in a controlled way, and without unnecessary energy use? A major international player in oil and gas storage approached Kapp with this question. For years, their installation had relied on a conventional steam boiler fired by natural gas. Reliable, but expensive, and with CO₂ emissions that increasingly conflicted with the company’s ambitions. The objective was clear: it had to be more sustainable, safer, and more efficient, without compromising operational reliability. Kapp developed a solution that brought these ambitions together and achieved a CO₂ reduction of no less than 75%.