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Equinor’s Åsgard gas eld in Norway, where the subsea compressors reached 50’000 hours of operation with practically no stops or interruptions in December 2018.
“ e great e ort behind our subsea technology paid o . Today, it represents
the core solution for o shore gas recovery applications to become more sustainable and e cient,” so Basil Zweifel, Vice President Head of Sales Oil & Gas at MAN Energy Solutions.
Based on Barrow Island (western Australia), the Gorgon project includes a lique ed natural gas (LNG) facility designed to produce 15.6 million metric tons of LNG per year. e subsea infrastructure will also be used to transport the gas from the Jansz-Io o shore eld to Gorgon’s onshore facilities with its three LNG processing units. e project also comprises a domestic natural gas plant.
man EnERgy solutions, july 17, 2019
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KLAW LNG works on bunkering
Signum Technology Group company KLAw LNG, the world-leading specialist in the design and engineering of Ship-to-Ship and Ship-to-Shore LNG transfer systems, has delivered a truly ground-breaking solution that sets new standards for ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG fuel.
working with Royal Dutch Shell on its specialised LNG bunker vessel Cardissa, KLAw LNG has successfully engineered a compact level 2 Safety Integrity Level and Safety Instrumented System (SILSIS) transfer system which enables the Cardissa to become the world’s rst SIL2 HTS (Hose Transfer System) for a bunkering vessel.
“ e question of safety is always the
main driver of technology in LNG transfer and Ship-to-Ship bunkering is innately challenging due to the need to factor in adverse tide and weather conditions and the unpredictable movement of the two vessels,” explains Je Vile, Signum Technology’s Sales and Compliance Director. “At a very early stage in the project we took the view that
it was necessary to innovate and drive the technology forward, not just to meet the rigorous safety standard but also to achieve a level of operational e ciency that far exceeds any other.
“we are particularly proud that this is
the world’s rst SIL2 compliant Ship-to-Ship bunkering HTS system, largely due to the fully-automated Programme Logic Controlled
(PLC) Safety Instrumented System, designed to continuously monitor and diagnose for
the highest levels of safety and operational readiness,” says Je Vile. “ e architecture removes almost all human inputs from the transfer system set up and operation. is maximises cost-e cient availability and vastly reduces the potential for human error. It also ensures that the components work seamlessly together and can be e ectively managed over the system’s entire life cycle.”
e integral two-stage ESD emergency shutdown system provides an escalated response on demand, triggered automatically by vessel movement or manually by the crew. e rst stage ESD1 shuts down cargo transfer pumps and isolates transfer lines, sounding
a warning alarm. ese measures inhibit the transfer and mitigate the risk of spillage. KlaW lng, july 11, 2019
Signum Technology sold to Trelleborg
Phoenix is pleased to announce that it
has sold Signum Technology, a portfolio company in its 2010 Fund, to Trelleborg,
the publicly-listed international engineering group. Signum’s shareholders were advised by KPMG.
Signum Technology is an industrial technology business focused on safety critical ow control solutions for the global energy sector. From its three UK operating locations, Signum designs, manufactures and supplies products and services used worldwide in the safe transfer of oil and gas.
Signum has four divisions: Gall omson whose primary focus is on Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBCs); KLAw Products which designs and assembles its own range of couplings for the safe transfer of hazardous and non-hazardous materials; KLAw LNG,
with a particular expertise in Lique ed Natural Gas; and VeeBee, which focuses on pipeline ltration technology and on a variety of end markets.
PHoEnix EQuity PaRtnERs, july 11, 2019
GTT Training obtains DNV
approval for fuel gas
handling system software
GTT Training, has obtained approval from DNV-GL for its new LNG Bunkering &
Fuel Gas Handling System simulation
model G-Sim from DNV-GL in accordance with their standard for Maritime Simulator Systems. DNV-GL’s standard speci es the requirements of simulators that are to be used to deliver training to the shipping industry
in accordance with the STCw convention requirements, and in this case speci cally for those vessels built to the IGF Code.
is new simulator includes the vessel’s LNG fuel tanks and the complete fuel gas handling management system, along with all the associated support systems as tted on the latest LNG fuelled vessels and allows a user to undertake any operation with such a system as on board a real vessel. ese operations include preparation and management of the LNG fuel tanks, bunkering from di erent types of suppliers and the supply of gas
fuel to the equipments onboard using both compressors and fuel pumps. e simulator functionality also includes the capability to change the type of LNG fuel tank and the composition of the LNG to be bunkered. A CCTV view of the bunker stations is also included.
“ is new simulator is the rst of its kinds for LNG as fuel applications. It answers the expectations of training providers and ship- owners desiring to train their teams to the use
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