TECHNICAL PAPERS
The following technical papers and publications were authored or co-authored by Merlin Associates Principals:

• "High Purity Products from an Air Separation Plant" Co-Authored, Presented at the 1969 Cryogenics Engineering Conference. Published in Vol. 14, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering.
• "Ethane and LPG Recovery in LNG Plants" Hydrocarbon Processing, April 1970.
• "Pick LNG Gas Pre-Treat with Care" Hydrocarbon Processing, December 1970.
• "Design Needs for Base-load LNG Storage, Regasification" Oil & Gas Journal, October 22, 1973
• "Prospects Good for LNG Cold Recovery" Oil & Gas Journal, March 21, 1973
• "Estimating Costs for Base-load LNG Plants" Oil & Gas Journal, November 17, 1975
• "Trends in Base-load LNG Plants" Hydrocarbon Processing, December, 1975
• "Costs are Estimated for LNG Terminals" Oil & Gas Journal, March 13, 1978
• "LNG Peakshaving Plants Require Careful Cost Estimation" Pipeline & Gas Journal, May 1978
• "Light Weight Gas Turbine Drivers – Newest Trend in LNG Plant Design" Co-Authored, Presented at 1980 ASME Gas Turbine Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. (Paper No. 80-GT-169)
• "Advanced Control at Wycon’s Ammonia Plant" Authored and presented at November 1979 AIChE National Convention, San Francisco, California and published in Chemical Engineering Progress, April 1980
• "Gas Turbines Prove Effective as Drivers for LNG Plants" Oil & Gas Journal, August 4, 1980
• "LNG Costs Reflect Changes in Economy and Technology" Oil & Gas Journal, April 4, 1983
• "Economics of LNG projects" Oil & Gas Journal, February 20, 1984
• "Evolution in LNG Projects Costs and Estimation Techniques for New Projects", Presented at LNG 8 Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 1986
• "A Generic Cost Model for Estimating LNG Plant Capital Costs" Co-Authored, Presented at Symposium on Liquefied Natural Gas AICHE Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 1991
• Industrial Products Handbook, Vols. 1 & 2, Marcel Dekker, Inc., (1994) Contributing Author
• "LNG Project Formation", Presented at Fifth Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. LNG Owners Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, September 1994.
• "Strategic Evaluation Central to LNG Project Formation", Co-Authored, Oil & Gas Journal, July 3, 1995.
• "LNG Plant Costs – Present and Future Trends", Accepted for presentation/publication at LNG 12 Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, May 1998.

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