Bureau Veritas issues Design Approval for Mark V containment system

Leading classification society Bureau Veritas has issued Design Approval for the new Mark V LNG membrane containment system designed by France’s GTT. This clears the way for the system to be used in new LNG carriers and FLNGs.

The Mark V technology is an optimised version of GTT’s Mark III system. It is composed of double insulation with reinforced polyurethane foam. The new system also includes an innovative nickel-steel alloy corrugated secondary membrane and offers a significant improvement in the warranted daily boil off rate.

Jean-Francois Segretain, Technical Director, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division, says, “GTT’s Mark V system offers considerable benefits for new LNG projects and after rigorous examination we are very happy to award Design Approval to the system. GTT is the world leader in LNG containment and we have a long relationship with them. We look forward to working on the first newbuildings with the Mark V system.”

Download a graphic of the Mark V system from http://bit.ly/1As4kK8 or email john@merlinco.com

VISIT BUREAU VERITAS at GASTECH Stand No C45

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has more than 66,000 employees in around 1,400 offices and laboratories located all across the globe. 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. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20 index.

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For more information:

Carlos Guerrero

Bureau Veritas

+33 1 55 24 72 35

carlos.guerrero@bureauveritas.com

RINA develops CNG rules and guidelines

International classification society RINA has used its offshore gas expertise to develop rules and guidelines for the exploitation, transport and storage of Compressed Natural Gas.

Angelo Lo Nigro, Oil and Gas Manager, RINA, says, “Compressed Natural Gas offers an alternative way to move natural gas where volumes do not support a liquefaction plant or a pipeline. A significant amount of the world’s gas reserves fit these criteria, and as environmental pressure makes it more difficult to flare gas CNG transportation is a useful alternative to expensive re-injection into the field.

“There are a number of potential systems for CNG carriers, but to date no solution has been implemented. We have worked with industrial partners and drawn on our own experience with LNG offshore to set up rules and guidance for the approval in principle of pressure vessels for use in a marine environment and for the conceptual design of various CNG carriers.”

Visit RINA at Hall 2 Stand B121 Gastech, Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands, 21-24 March 2011 and at Hall 6 Stand K1 OMC, Ravenna, Pala de André, Italy, March 23-25, 2011.

For a copy of the paper “Development of RINA Rules for Classification of CNG Carrier Ships” given by RINA at the10th Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition
email chris@merlinco.com


To download a graph showing CNG best practice go to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Merlinclients/RINA

or email chris@merlinco.com

RINA is one of the oldest classification societies and certification companies in the world. Established in Genoa in 1861 to serve the marine industry, today it spans the globe as a multinational and multi-faceted company, sharing its knowledge and experience through a wide range of services which help industries and the community to improve their businesses and quality of life. RINA’s services cover the environment, energy, transportation, logistics, safety, quality and social responsibility. www.rina.org

For more information:

Claudia Filippone
Press Co-ordinator
RINA
+39 010 538 5643
claudia.filippone@rina.org