LNG : SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY

Training Course

LNG SAFETY & TECHNOLOGY Training Course

Doha, Qatar 2006

MODULE 1K

INTRODUCTION
LNG SAFETY & TECHNOLOGY Training Course
Doha, Qatar 2006

AUTHORS / LECTURERS

Lecturers :

Jean GOANVIC
Jean-Claude GARCEL

Co-authors :

Bertrand LANQUETIN
Yann LE ROY
Christophe THOMAS
Denis CHRETIEN

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PROGRAM
Monday
The LNG World
LNG standard properties
Specific properties
Prevention and mitigation measures

Tuesday
Liquefaction & regaseification processes
Jetty head, jetty trestle
Flares

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PROGRAM
Wednesday

Marine aspects / LNG carriers

LNG Safety approach in design
Aluminium brazed plate-fin exchangers
LNG Storage tanks
Spiral Wound Cryogenic Heat Exchangers

Thurdsay
Other Cryogenic duty items
LNG Trends Research and new developments

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TIMING
0800-1100 hrs
1200-1500 hrs

) to be discussed / modified first day

)

Breaks as needed
Feel free to interrupt

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OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR

To present the actual risks of the LNG industry
To present the ways to limit / reduce / mitigate / avoid those risks

during design
To present the ways to cope with an LNG emergency during
operations

while presenting most of the options available in terms of process

technology

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TEACHING METHOD
Presenting sketches and pictures of specific equipment used in

LNG industry and pointing out the weak points, the risks
associated with each piece of equipment.
Presenting with pictures and videos the actual behavior of LNG
when its normal confinement is lost.

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POINTS WHICH WILL NOT BE TACKLED in

this presentation :
Safety problems common to natural gas at, or near, ambient

temperature (CO2, H2S, mercaptans, hydrates) and with the gas

treatment plants (hazardous electrical zones, protection of turbine
enclosures.)
Pieces of equipment not specific to LNG (ex : gas compressors, gas
or steam turbines)
Equipment sizing
Usual industrial protective clothing for personnel
Detailed costs & commercial aspects

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Jean Goanvic
33 + years of experience
23 years in liquefied gases among which 20 years in LNG
Positions in most of the technical aspects of LNG (operations

(ADGAS), project, safety, design, research)

Member of the European Standard Commitee on LNG

Visited 11 of the liquefaction plants, 18 of the receiving terminals,

various cryogenic item manufacturing sites

..

Advisor on Snohvit start-up, Pars LNG, YemenLNG, AngolaLNG

projects ..

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 Individual presentations

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END OF THE
INTRODUCTION

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