LNG export facility in Maryland, USA.
At a remote LNG export facility, Cryogel® Z installed 31% faster than the original PIR specification — letting the contractor scale untrained labor to a peak of 2,100 insulators and reverse a 2-month schedule delay.
A 2-month schedule slip on a remote LNG project.
Scope had changed, the location was far from established industrial labor pools, and the workforce arrived largely untrained on cryogenic insulation.
- 2-month schedule slippage. Project management needed an aggressive recovery plan.
- Remote site, limited specialist labor. Far from US Gulf Coast cryogenic-insulation expertise.
- Crews cross-trained from other trades. Under 20% started as qualified tradesmen; the rest had little construction experience.
Switch from PIR to Cryogel® Z after a head-to-head install demo.
Pre-construction, the EPC installed Cryogel® Z and PIR on identical pipes and drove them 1,000 miles by truck. PIR failed at the contraction joints; Cryogel® Z had zero failures and installed 31% faster.
- Selected over PIR after internal install + durability testing. Mockup-based decision, not vendor claim.
- 31% faster installation. Time savings absorbed crew scale-up without losing schedule.
- Simplified wrap-and-tape application. Enabled the contractor to scale to 2,100 insulators with brief training.
- Less storage space. Cryogel® Z required materially less on-site footprint, easing site logistics.
- 18 months · zero warranty calls. No callbacks on any Cryogel® scope after first cargo.
If we had used anything else, we would still be there.
First cargo on time, despite the scope changes.
Cryogel® Z’s faster application absorbed the project’s late scope changes and enabled the labor scale-up needed to meet the first-gas-out milestone. The operator and the EPC both subsequently specified Cryogel® on follow-on projects.
Running short of cryogenic-insulation specialists?
Cryogel® Z’s wrap-and-tape workflow lets non-specialist crews deliver cryogenic-grade results.