} SECURITY OF SUPPLY DRIVES FLNG newsletter of the rina group RINA @WORK The need to ensure energy security is driving countries all around the world to build diversified energy supply chains. There is a diversity of suppliers for any country which can import LNG. That is making gas an increasingly attractive fuel. Gas projects are not simple. Investors fear cutting edge technology and gas plants arouse fear in local communities. Local construction may be cost-prohibitive. Against a background of low oil prices these facts complicate investment decisions for new gas plants. There is a way forward towards incorporating gas into the energy supply, and that is to use a floating solution. The plant can be built in a country with known expertise and costs. It can be built using proven technology and it can be installed offshore, reducing local opposition. But new FLNG projects will only work if all stakeholders are involved from the outset. That means the project promoters have to bring together suppliers, users, authorities, designers, builders and operators of the FLNG, insurers and finance sources. The catalyst that will enable all these diverse partners to work together is confidence in the feasibility and quality of the project and chosen solution. That has to be provided by the experience, knowledge and security that an expert group such as RINA brings to the project. There is good experience now with FLNG so each project does not have to be a pioneer. Standardisation of equipment and processes is bringing costs down and developers can choose from proven technologies. The RINA group is helping gas projects all over the world from South America to South Asia with making the right choices of position, process and technology, and providing the vital confidence to all parties to ensure the projects will proceed. [email protected]Singapore and RINA welcome the world’s gas community to Gastech 2015. The gas market and technology are constantly changing, and RINA SERVICES and D’Appolonia lead those changes. The first offshore FSRU, the first FLNG project, the first marine CNG ship, the longest offshore pipeline, the deepest offshore geotechnical investigation, the first offshore deepwater wind turbine, all delivered with RINA expertise and assistance. Right now we are delivering technical assistance to PT PLN (Persero) for developing the largest small scale LNG distribution project worldwide, which includes more than twenty LNG plants in Indonesia. Come and talk with RINA at Gastech booth no. C390 Hall 4. We can help you be a leader too. [email protected]contents October 2015 } SECURITY OF SUPPLY DRIVES FLNG } A SAFE APPROACH FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS } RINA APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE FOR CNG } ENI MOZAMBIQUE LNG } ICHTHYS AND ANADARKO LNG } RINA EXPERTISE FOR GORGON } LIBYAN SUBSEA FEED FOR SEATECH WELCOME TO GASTECH Angelo lo nigro Market Development Manager Energy Courtesy of PETRONAS
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}SECURITY OF SUPPLY DRIVES FLNG
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RINA@WORK
The need to ensure energy security is driving countries all around the world to build diversified energy supply chains. There is a diversity of suppliers for any country which can import LNG. That is making gas an increasingly attractive fuel.Gas projects are not simple. Investors fear cutting edge technology and gas plants arouse fear in local communities. Local construction may be cost-prohibitive. Against a background of low oil prices these facts complicate investment decisions for new gas plants.There is a way forward towards incorporating gas into the energy supply, and that is to use a floating solution. The plant can be built in a country with known expertise and costs. It can be built using proven technology and it can be installed offshore, reducing local opposition.But new FLNG projects will only work if all stakeholders are involved from the outset. That means the project promoters have to bring together suppliers, users, authorities, designers, builders and operators of the FLNG, insurers and finance sources. The catalyst that will enable all these diverse partners to work together is confidence in the feasibility and quality of the project and chosen solution. That has to be provided by the experience, knowledge and security that an expert group such as RINA brings to the project.There is good experience now with FLNG so each project does not have to be a pioneer. Standardisation of equipment and processes is bringing costs down and developers can choose from proven technologies.The RINA group is helping gas projects all over the world from South America to South Asia with making the right choices of position, process and technology, and providing the vital confidence to all parties to ensure the projects will proceed.
Singapore and RINA welcome the world’s gas community to Gastech 2015.
The gas market and technology are constantly changing, and RINA SERVICES and D’Appolonia lead those changes. The first offshore FSRU, the first FLNG project, the first marine CNG ship, the longest offshore pipeline, the deepest offshore geotechnical investigation, the first offshore deepwater wind turbine, all delivered with RINA expertise and assistance. Right now we are delivering technical assistance to PT PLN (Persero) for developing the largest small scale LNG distribution project worldwide, which includes more than twenty LNG plants in Indonesia. Come and talk with RINA at Gastech booth no. C390 Hall 4. We can help you be a leader too.
} SECURITY OF SUPPLY DRIVES FLNG } A SAFE APPROACH FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS } RINA APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE FOR CNG } ENI MOZAMBIQUE LNG } ICHTHYS AND ANADARKO LNG } RINA EXPERTISE FOR GORGON } LIBYAN SUBSEA FEED FOR SEATECH
WELCOME TO GASTECH
Angelo lo nigroMarket Development Manager Energy
Courtesy of PETRONAS
There is a shift away from oil and towards alternative fuels. So far LNG is the most common but other sulphur-free fuels that could be used in environmentally-protected areas are LPG, Ethane, Methanol and Dimethyl Ether (DME). So far experience in shipping is limited for LNG and is almost non-existent for the others. These fuels may present safety aspects not envisaged in the recently-published IMO IGF Code. There may also be issues of reliability and maintainability.RINA has developed the Technology Qualification Process (TQP) through which a novel technology may be certified with respect to its fitness for service, which includes safety, availability and performance. For new fuels this process will include risk assessment for the process systems onboard and during refuelling, HSE risk assessment, studies for tank location and test and survey campaigns on the engine and auxiliaries agreed with stakeholders.A well performed TQ will show the feasibility and appeal of a new technology not only to the stakeholders, but also to the market.
RINA has approved in principle the Fincantieri Offshore CNG32000 ship design which is aimed at delivering a cost-effective solution for monetizing marginal gas fields using Compressed Natural Gas technology. The vessel has a double-hull and a cutting-edge system of racks that are separately demountable for in-depth and safer maintenance.RINA has developed rules to cover the safety issues related to CNG transportation, with the aid of Approval in Principle and Technology Qualification certifications to cover the most important aspects relevant to the fitness for service. Transporting natural gas under pressure as CNG instead of liquefying it offers advantages of simplicity and much lower cost and so makes viable alternative means of exploiting isolated or marginal gas fields which will not support a full infrastructure.
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EMAS is a leading full field contracting group providing specialized marine support services, subsea construction and offshore installation, floating production, fabrication and well services to the global offshore energy sector.EMAS – a leading global contracting group providing offshore/subsea construction, marine, production and well intervention services – is Ezra’s operating brand. With offices across six continents, it delivers solutions to the oil and gas industry by combining its global footprint and proven engineering skills with a diverse offering of premium assets and services designed to fully meet clients’ needs.Operating in unison, Ezra’s core divisions are able to execute a full spectrum of seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, marine and production services globally.Mr. Tiziano Zarbo, Senior Vice President for Global Assets in EMAS Subsea, states that “being always on a fast path of growth and development, we value the highly responsive support and collaboration RINA is offering as our reliable partner in the development of our projects. RINA is providing us with certification and inspection and consulting services supporting our group in maintaining impressive KPIs in HSE and in executing the most complex projects within precise schedules and quality to deliver optimum results to meet our clients’ requirements.”
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Tiziano ZarboSenior Vice President for Global Assets, EMAS
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SCPX PIPELINERINA Azerbaijan was chosen by SAIPEM-AZFEN to provide third party welding inspection on the Baku-Tbilisi 480 km gas pipeline (SCPX project). It is the first section of a major infrastructural project, including Tanap and TAP, that will make it possible for gas from Azerbaijan to enter the European gas pipeline system.
3D PrintingCENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI is using its expertise in metallurgical processes to support ANSALDO ENERGIA and MBDA in adopting additive manufacturing technologies and new 3D high performance powders. Additive manufacturing technologies and 3D printing represent a huge opportunity for the manufacturing sector, accelerating the development and manufacturing processes of complex geometry components.
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Gas Sayago is a state-owned Uruguayan company. It is to build and operate the future LNG terminal in Montevideo, Uruguay. This terminal will include an FSRU, LNG transfer with rigid arms and a berthing point. The project includes the design, construction and operation of a new regasification terminal and ancillary works.Says Ariel Álvarez Gebelín, Technical Director, Gas Sayago, “The core mission of the Technical Department is to control safe project development, guaranteeing the deployment of best practices and compliance with all national and international codes and standards as well as the technical requirements and specifications from our shareholders. “The challenge of this project includes multidisciplinary duties and relevant experience, emphasizing marine engineering, offshore infrastructures, port services, logistics, safety assessments, environmental issues, pipeline onshore and offshore, LNG handling and transfer facilities. “In consortium with Techfem, D’Appolonia executed the FEED design and safety studies of the pipeline and are now supervising its construction. The supervision includes coordination, civil, HSE, mechanical, welding, instrumentation, NDT and QA/QC services and engineering support. D’Appolonia services are very professional. They are reactive to our demands and very cooperative.
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}ENI MOZAMBIQUE LNGRINA’s engineering arm, D’Appolonia, has completed a major near shore site investigation for ENI’s Mozambique LNG project. The facility will be located near Palma, in a beautiful if remote part of northern Mozambique. The survey included environmental, geophysical and geotechnical teams, utilizing two jack up platforms, three survey spreads, a mobile field laboratory and over fifty site personnel. Data will be used for design of the marine facilities of the terminal and the landfall for the gas pipeline arriving from the offshore wells. The terminal will consist of gas receiving and processing, liquefaction facilities, cryogenic storage tanks and loadout facilities to export the liquefied gas via tankers. Auxiliary facilities will also be required, a substantial jetty, supply base with port and local camp. The D’Appolonia team worked closely with the local villagers to successfully perform the operations in such a pristine environment.
Mozambique developmentSaipem has appointed RINA to evaluate pipe-laying units and to approve in principle the unit that will lay the pipeline for the shore approach for the ENI bid for the Coral Field development off Mozambique. There is a special focus to minimise the impact on the environment to meet Mozambique’s strict environment protection policy.
FLNG Equipment StrategyJGC has chosen D’Appolonia to carry out Equipment Reliability Studies for the PFLNG - 2 project. JGC is involved in the engineering and procurement of the new LNG facilities, installed at the deepwater Rotan Gas field offshore Sabah, Malaysia and operated by Petronas.
Ariel Álvarez Gebelín Technical Director, Gas Sayago
QIC Inc has provided technical inspections, quality assurance/control and quality supervision for critical components on behalf of Chevron for the Western Australia Gorgon offshore gas project. QIC is a Houston-based company which joined RINA during 2015, specialized in technical inspections and project management for drilling, completion and subsea equipment.Gorgon is a major gas project and the largest single resource project development in Australia’s history. QIC supported Chevron with its expertise in Liner Hangers, Packers, Subsea Trees and other completion equipment. On the same project, D’Appolonia carried out for GE O&G the multidisciplinary design for five 130 MW gas turbine power generation modules.The synergies between RINA’s network and QIC’s specific skills continue to develop their combined potential against a solid background of a wider portfolio of competences.
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Fano-based SeaTech, which is specialised in pipeline and subsea engineering and part of the RINA Group, has carried out the FEED of the subsea structures and flowlines gathering system for the Bahr Essalam Phase II subsea field offshore Libya. The design of the subsea structures, two manifolds, two PLEMs, two SSIVs and the X-mas tree protection structures, included definition of the layout of the internal piping and the design of the foundations. Critical issues faced in the FEED were design of insulation of all the Pipe-In-Pipe and single pipe flowlines to control heat losses of the production fluid, design spools and expansion loops according to the OHTC flow-assurance requirements, and the performance of a dedicated study to address soil liquefaction in extreme earthquake issues.
D’Appolonia has been appointed as the Independent Environmental and Social Consultant for both the Ichthys, Australia, and the Anadarko, Mozambique, LNG Projects. Both projects foresee the development of offshore production facilities, subsea gas pipelines, and onshore LNG processing facilities.The Ichthys Project involves the world’s largest semi-submersible, an onshore processing facility and 889 km pipeline. The Mozambique LNG Project is a first of its kind LNG facility on the east coast of Africa. D’Appolonia’s Lenders Engineering division is currently undertaking the Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD) for the Anadarko Project, while the ESDD process for Ichthys was completed in 2012, with D’Appolonia providing ongoing construction monitoring to date against International Finance Institution requirements.
