Phil Rynn,
Senior Staff Consultant |
James Card,
Senior VP Technology |
Senior Staff Consultant
Phil Rynn provides an overview of classification’s
role for LNG vessel and terminal structures in terms of
structure and process reliability, containment and related
systems and operations and cargo handling at Zeus’
“LNG’s March To The Sea” conference
in Houston… see
conference news.
Discussing structural analysis and fatigue and strength
assessment systems for floating production, storage &
offloading (FPSOs) systems was ABS’ Senior Vice
President of Technology James C. Card who delivered keynote
address at OMAE’s FPSO Specialty Symposium in Houston…
see conference
news. |
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LNG Port Buoy Under Construction
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ABS surveyors on site at Junoverken AB yard in Uddevalla,
Sweden, monitor and inspect the fabrication of industry's
first offshore LNG |
deepwater
port buoy, designed by Advanced Production and Loading
AS of Norway (APL).
APL contracted ABS to provide classification services
for its Submerged Turret Loading (STLTM) system, a single-point
mooring system (SPM) and an integral component of the
industry's first offshore LNG terminal, destined for the
Gulf of Mexico, some 116 miles offshore Louisiana. ABS
has classed some 40 SPMs worldwide.
Dubbed the Energy Bridge Deepwater Port, the terminal
system incorporates APL's STL technology commonly used
in the offloading of oil in regions including the North
Sea, offshore China and offshore Western Australia.
The STL buoy is scheduled for transport to U.S. waters
this November. First cargo for the Energy Bridge Deepwater
Port is scheduled for January 2005, with planned capacity
to deliver base load gas volumes in excess of 500 million
cubic feet per day.
The 186-ton STL unit allows specially built LNG carriers
fitted with onboard re-gasification equipment to transfer
gas through the buoy, which is connected to a pipeline
end manifold (PLEM) on the seafloor. ABS' scope of work
encompasses the submerged turret loading buoy; the mooring
system for the buoy; and the riser to take the gas from
the buoy to the PLEM. |
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Mechanical Engineering Magazine, published
by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),
sought out ABS for its July issue cover story on LNG and
offshore LNG terminals… read
full story. |
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