Devices, systems, facilities, and processes for liquefied natural gas production

2:

• The process of claim 1 comprising supplying at least a portion of the recovered heat to the generating of the CO2-rich stream.

3:

• The process of claim 1, wherein the compressing of the CO2-rich stream is performed by a compressor driven by at least one of an electric motor or a gas turbine.

4:

• The process of claim 1 further comprising loading the stored LNG to a marine vessel comprising a marine LNG storage tank and generating a loading BOG.

5:

• The process of claim 1, wherein the converting of the natural gas vapor into the LNG comprises cooling and condensation of the natural gas vapor by a liquefaction unit comprising a component selected from the group consisting of a refrigeration unit, a compressor, a heat exchanger, and combinations thereof.

6:

• The process of claim 1, wherein the converting of the natural gas vapor into the LNG is performed by a liquefaction unit comprising a compressor, the generating of the combustion product is performed by a gas turbine, the liquefaction unit is at least partially powered by the gas turbine in at least one configuration selected from the group consisting of
• the gas turbine being mechanically coupled to the compressor of the liquefaction unit, and
• the gas turbine being configured to drive an electric generator to provide electric power to the compressor of the liquefaction unit.

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• The process of claim 1, wherein the sequestration site is selected from the group consisting of an underground geological formation comprising an at least partially depleted hydrocarbon reservoir, a region on top of a seabed at a depth greater than about 3.0 kilometers below sea level, a region below the seabed, and combinations thereof.

8:

• The process of claim 1, wherein the converting of the natural gas vapor into the LNG is performed by a liquefaction unit, and the process further comprises compressing the storage BOG and sending the compressed storage BOG to the liquefaction unit.

9:

• The process of claim 1, wherein the compressing of the CO2-rich stream and the conveying of the compressed CO2-rich stream towards the sequestration site are performed by a sequestration compression unit, and the process further comprises sending a marine vessel tank gas from a marine LNG storage tank of a marine vessel to at least one of the sequestration compression unit or a fuel gas conditioning unit.

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• The process of claim 10 comprising supplying at least a portion of the recovered heat to at least one of the processing of the raw feed natural gas or the drying of the purified natural gas stream.

12:

• The process of claim 10 further comprising producing a liquid condensate product and a vapor product from the dry purified natural gas stream.

13:

• The process of claim 12 comprising supplying at least a portion of the recovered heat to the producing of the liquid condensate product and the vapor product.

14:

• The process of claim 12 further comprising a condensation storage tank configured to receive the liquid condensate product from the heavies removal unit and generate a condensate BOG.

15:

• The process of claim 1 further comprising producing hydrogen from the storage BOG by a hydrogen generation unit, wherein the generating of the combustion product is performed by a gas turbine from a fuel comprising at least 10% of the hydrogen produced by the hydrogen generation unit.

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• The process of claim 15, wherein the hydrogen generation unit comprises a steam reformer and/or an electrolysis unit.

17:

• The process of claim 15, wherein the compressing of the CO2-rich stream is performed by a sequestration compression unit comprising a compressor driven by steam from the hydrogen generation unit.

18:

• The process of claim 15 further comprising loading the LNG from the LNG storage tank to a marine vessel comprising a marine LNG storage tank and generating a loading BOG.

19:

• The process of claim 18 further comprising sending the loading BOG to the hydrogen generation unit and producing additional hydrogen from the loading BOG.

21:

• The process of claim 20 comprising supplying at least a portion of the recovered heat to at least one of the processing of the raw feed natural gas or the drying of the purified natural gas stream.

22:

• The process of claim 20 further comprising producing a liquid condensate product and a vapor product from the dry purified natural gas stream.

23:

• The process of claim 22 comprising supplying at least a portion of the recovered heat to the producing of the liquid condensate product and the vapor product.

24:

• The process of claim 22 further comprising generating a condensate BOG from the liquid condensate product.

25:

• The process of claim 24 further comprising sending the condensate BOG to the hydrogen generation unit and producing additional hydrogen from the condensate BOG.