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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.
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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.
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} 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
Courtesy of PETRONAS
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}A SAFE APPROACH FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS
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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}RINA APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE FOR CNG
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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.”
www.emas.com
Courtesy of Fincantieri
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3D Printing CENTRO 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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}A SAFE APPROACH FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS
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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.
www.gassayago.com.uy
}ENI MOZAMBIQUE LNG RINA’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.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Mozambique development Saipem 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.
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FLNG Equipment Strategy JGC 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.
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}Drilling and Completion Expertise for Gorgon
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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.
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} Libyan Subsea FEED for SeaTech
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.
