Integrating hydrodynamic and nautical studies for offshore LNG operations
Conference/JournalOffshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
Date5 May 2014
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4043/25383-MS
For offshore LNG production, the ability to safely offload LNG to shuttle carriers is an important driver in the design. Hydrodynamic studies and nautical studies can be used to select an offloading concept, optimize the operational procedure and evaluate the terminal availability. These studies involve mariners and mathematics. Full mission bridge simulators are traditionally used to train for the operation and to evaluate its feasibility. By incorporating state-of-the-art hydrodynamic models, the full mission bridge simulator can also be used for concept engineering. This allows a bridge between design and operation. It provides feedback from the operation into the design and improves operational guidance. This paper shows examples of this approach, while evaluating both tandem and side-by-side offloading.
With hydrodynamic studies the relative motions and mooring loads between the permanently moored vessel and the transport vessel are estimated. This paper concludes that 97% weather uptime can be achieved in waves with up to 3 meters significant height for side-by-side while the same uptime can be achieved in waves up to 5 meters for dynamic positioned tandem offloading. Tandem offloading is often perceived as a safer option than side-by-side offloading, due to the larger distance between the vessels. Although the tandem configuration seems more promising for offshore offloading, it requires new technology for LNG transfer, which is why it has not yet been applied. Integrating hydrodynamic and nautical studies can help to evaluate cryogenic hose handling and tug operations during the final phase of the approach and departure of the LNG carrier.
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With hydrodynamic studies the relative motions and mooring loads between the permanently moored vessel and the transport vessel are estimated. This paper concludes that 97% weather uptime can be achieved in waves with up to 3 meters significant height for side-by-side while the same uptime can be achieved in waves up to 5 meters for dynamic positioned tandem offloading. Tandem offloading is often perceived as a safer option than side-by-side offloading, due to the larger distance between the vessels. Although the tandem configuration seems more promising for offshore offloading, it requires new technology for LNG transfer, which is why it has not yet been applied. Integrating hydrodynamic and nautical studies can help to evaluate cryogenic hose handling and tug operations during the final phase of the approach and departure of the LNG carrier.
This paper is copyrighted material and cannot be shared. Due to copyright policy MARIN is not allowed to reproduce and distribute papers written for and presented at the OTC (Offshore Technology Conference), ISOPE (International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference) and SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers). You can order these papers through
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