
President, LTDI, Inc.
Member of the Natural Resources Council
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)
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Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia
November 16, 2009
Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.
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
Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.
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.
November 9, 2009
Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.
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
Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.
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,...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Platinum Metals Group Experts | 89 |
| Gasoline Experts | 51 |
| LNG Experts | 171 |
| Alternative Energy Experts (North America) | 170 |
Hans Linhardt has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.