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Bureau Veritas offshore rolling research rewarded
A
team in the R&D department of leading international classification society
Bureau Veritas, working with Brazil’s Petrobras, has been awarded the
prestigious OMAE 2013 Best Paper of Offshore Technology
Symposium for its paper detailing ground breaking research into second-order
rolling of FLNGs.
The basic research in
the paper has led to a Joint Industry Project involving nineteen companies
including most of the energy majors and managed by Bureau Veritas which is
developing harmonised guidelines for the estimation of roll motions of FPSOs.
The award was made
yesterday by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at the ASME
2014 International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering held in
San Francisco.
The award was
given to Flavia
C. Rezende, Manager, Bureau Veritas Technology Center, Rio de Janeiro, Allan C. de Oliveira, Petrobras R&D Center, Xiao-bo Chen, Director, Bureau Veritas Deepwater Research and Technology
Center, Singapore and Fabio Menezes, Petrobras R&D Center, Rio de
Janeiro.
The
paper, entitled “A Comparison of Different Approximations for Computation of Second Order
Roll Motions for a FLNG”, details extensive research into the
roll motions of FPSOs or FLNGs with long natural periods, above the periods of
the waves, which is a non-linear response not yet fully understood. That
research led to the start of the JIP Non Linear Roll which will deliver its
results next year.
l Bureau Veritas
is a world leader in conformity assessment and certification services. Created
in 1828, the Group has 61,000 employees in around 1,330 offices and
laboratories located in 140 countries. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to
improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in
order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet
standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental
protection and social responsibility.
For more information:
Philippe
Boisson
Bureau
Veritas
+33
(0)1 55 24 71 98
Labels: FLNG, fpso, offshore, r&d
FMC opts for RINA LNG TQ
FMC Technologies has entrusted RINA Group’s
company, RINA Services, with the Technology Qualification of its new technology
loading arms designed for installation on the FSRU Toscana and also the Chiksan
Articulated Tandem Offshore Loader (ATOL) marine loading arms. Both feature
innovative technologies to transfer LNG in a marine environment, and both are
now qualified to enter service.
Dino Cervetto, Technical Services Sector
Manager, RINA Services, says, “Novel technologies are generally not adequately
covered by established codes and procedures. When operators need to know if
they are safe or if they will work properly they need to be qualified through
an ad hoc but rational approach. A framework to achieve this result is RINA’s
Technology Qualification. This consists of a process of verification that the
novel technology meets the specified requirements for its intended service, including
criteria of safety, availability and performance.
“Technology Qualification is a suitable tool
for qualifying ad hoc complex designs typical of the oil and gas sector, which
meets new challenges on a continuous basis and moves much faster than the rule
making of authorities. RINA Services has developed a specific TQ guide.”
Daniel Plizga, Offshore Program Manager, FMC Technologies Inc, says, “We
operate at the cutting edge of LNG handling and these marine loading arms will
be the key to success for a number of offshore LNG projects. Technology
Qualification lets us have a good look at the safety and effectiveness of the
designs from an independent viewpoint which we can trust.”
The novel issues for the FSRU Toscana were
the ship motions and the automation system governing the interface between the
FSRU and visiting LNG carriers.
Following the FSRU Toscana approval FMC
requested RINA Services to provide its Technology Qualification Certification
for an even more challenging project, the Chiksan Articulated Tandem Offshore
Loader (ATOL) marine loading arms. The ATOL system has been designed in
cooperation with a major energy company to allow for tandem LNG transfer from
an offshore installation such as an FLNG to shuttle carriers (LNGC). The tandem
solution ensures a safe separation distance, and the transfer is accomplished
by means of two liquid lines and one vapour line. Each line is 20” in diameter
and is constructed of stainless steel. The system has been designed to
accommodate the reciprocal motions of the vessels, including heave, yaw, roll
and surge in a harsh environment. A dynamic constant position monitoring system
provides a permanent safe transfer, with the possibility to proceed with
emergency disconnection in case of drift, especially in harsh environments.
RINA Services S.p.A.
is the RINA Group’s company active in ship classification, testing, inspection
and certification services. RINA Group is a multi-national group which delivers
verification, certification, conformity assessment, ship classification,
environmental enhancement, product testing, site and vendor supervision,
training and engineering consultancy across a wide range of industries and
services. RINA Group operates through a network of companies covering Marine,
Energy, Infrastructures & Real Estate, Transport & Logistics, Food
& Agriculture, Environment & Sustainability, Finance & Public
Institutions and Business Governance. With a turnover of around 280 million
Euros in 2012, over 2,100 employees, and 150 offices in 53 countries worldwide,
RINA Group is recognized as an authoritative member of key international
organizations and an important contributor to the development of new
legislative standards. www.rina.org
Contact:
Giulia Faravelli
Media Relations
Manager RINA Group
Ph. +39 010 5385505
Susanna Gorni
Media Relations RINA
Group
Ph. +39 010 5385555
Labels: classification, FLNG, lng, new technology, safety at sea, verifiaction
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