Hans Linhardt

President, LTDI, Inc.

Member of the Natural Resources Council

Council Member Biography

Hans Linhardt is the President at LTDI. Dr. Linhardt has over 50 years of experience in the aerospace, defense, industrial gases, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, refrigeration, rotating machinery (gas, steam, wind turbines, process expanders, compressors, pumps and fans for air-cushion vehicles) and power industries. His expertise ranges from cryogenic to high temperature processes including Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and global LNG chain as well as alternate and/or renewable energy. Before founding LTDI, Dr. Linhardt worked for Airco, Ford Motor Company, Sundstrand Aviation, and Institute for Machine Elements & Gear Research, MTU Munich. He holds a PE license from the State of California. Dr. Linhardt holds an ME degree from Caltech, MS from MTU Munich, and PhD-ME (Dr.-Ing) from RWTU Aachen. He has received 15 patents. Dr. Linhardt is a life member of the Caltech Associates and has presented energy issues before the US Congress. He has also served as an Expert Witness. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1978 - present: President, LTDI, Inc.
1967 - 1978: Senior Vice President, Airco, Inc.
1961 - 1967: Manager Space Power, Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
1959 - 1961: Manager Turbomachinery, HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION

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Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia

November 16, 2009

Analysis by:Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Analysis of: Qatar Petroleum buys assets from Shell Singapore | www.shell.com

Shell had to sell downstream petrochemical assets in Singapore to Qatar Petroleum to compete with Exxon.

ENI and U.S. natural gas players deserve more recognition

November 10, 2009

Analysis by:Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Analysis of: Eni Faces Threat to Lucrative Gas Network | online.wsj.com

ENI is a major natural gas supplier to the EU. However, the EU bureaucrates threaten to force separation of upstream and downstream oil& gas activities of ENI in order to generate more competition for gas delivery to the EU.

Coal Bets on High Gas Prices

November 9, 2009

Analysis by:Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Analysis of: Contract let for coal gasification plant | www.ogj.com

Siemens Energy secured a licensing and equipment contract from Tenaska Energy Inc. , Omaha for a commercial-scale coal gasification plant with CCS features to be located in Taylorville , Illinois. The plant output is synthetic natural gas ("SNG"). The project budget is $3.5 billion with a potential...

LNG Distribution to Solve Logistical NG Issues in Alaska

October 27, 2009

Analysis by:Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Analysis of: Palin Successor Focuses on Energy Agenda | online.wsj.com

The new Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell has to focus on the oil & gas dependent economy. The $30 billion TransCanada pipeline is far in the future and more gas production at the Cook Inlet is required together with new distribution plans to cover all the remote towns and settlements in Alaska. Of course,...

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