Hazards, Technology, Operation, and Economics for LNG

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Hazards, Technology, Operation, and Economics for LNG

LNG Safety: Production to Consumers and Economic Considerations

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Introduction

Training in the identification of LNG hazards and control of those hazards is essential for those dealing with LNG industry in whatever form: from production to shipping, including the associated economic considerations. This training course covers the entire value chain from sourcing of gas from wells, stabilizing and purifying it, converting into LNG, and then storing and transporting it as a finished product. This includes not only the best global safety practices of the LNG industry but also geographical regulatory requirements, and also those subject to HSE, OSHA, ISGOTT, SIGTTO, MTOCT, OCIMF, IGF, IMO, HSE, SIRE, SOLAS and STCW codes.   The training course is specifically designed for those responsible for the care, use and incident control of LNG Plants, terminals and shipping.

The training course will exclusively cover LNG plant, terminal and marine safety for LNG operations. Including safe loading and unloading of LNG at terminals, on tankers, LNG gas plants and carriers, the management of ship to shore safety, and the safety role and responsibilities of individuals operating within the LNG industry.

This GLOMACS Hazards, Technology, Operation, and Economics for LNG training course will highlight:

  • What is LNG? LNG spectrum end to end. LNG and its characteristics. international context.
  • Major LNG producing locations globally as samples
  • Major LNG consuming countries globally as samples
  • LNG specific safety - Hazards and risks. Application of health, safety & fire protection measures
  • Technology: Main units in an LNG plant and the associated hazards management
  • process safety management of an LNG plant
  • The whole LNG production and shipping chain
  • What are good design features of an LNG Plant?
  • Storage of the produced LNG. LNG safety and planning
  • Loading & Shipping of LNG with safety. Custody transfer protocols.
  • Emergency safety response and contingency planning – LNG
  • LNG Customer End
  • LNG technical developments, innovations, R&D.
  • The profession of LNG engineers and tech superintendents: Wear down, fatigue and failure management practices and planning - LNG fuel, STS and bunkering
  • Planning and monitoring of safe storage and bunkering of LNG as the fuel
  • Introduction to the relevant international standards/ guidelines/societies (monitoring and supervising the adherence to legal requirements)
  • Taking precautionary measures to prevent environmental contamination following the release of the LNG fuel
  • Economic consideration around LNG industry

Objectives

This training course covers the advanced aspects of hazards & controls, safe operation, inspection and maintenance of LNG Plant, storage facilities, loading & shipping.

This important and comprehensive training course will equip the participants to:

  • Appreciate the basic and advanced safety around LNG Plant
  • Understand the technology, safe operations, inspection and maintenance management LNG Plant and Terminal
  • Note the safe marine protocols for entry of LNG ships into port channels, docking and undocking
  • Do HSE Risk Assessment for LNG Plant activities, loading and unloading operations
  • Learn the Safety and Fire Protection features of an LNG facility
  • Importance of safety inspection and maintenance at LNG facility
  • Study the operational/HSE incidents at various LNG facility
  • Train on the emergency response at LNG facility
  • Learn the associated international standards for LNG
  • Understand and address Insurance, Legal and Statutory Implications
  • Economic considerations around global LNG scenario

Training Methodology

The training course will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance one’s opinions and ideas. Participation is encouraged in a supportive environment.

To ensure the concepts introduced during the training course are understood, they will be reinforced through a mix of learning methods, including lecture-style presentations, open discussions, and case studies. The case studies provided for group work will be re-enforced with practical exercises and there will be ample opportunities for discussion and sharing of experiences.

Organisational Impact

Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this Hazards, Technology, Operation, and Economics for LNG training course can benefit in the following ways:

  • Have a trained and confident workforce in LNG Plant and Terminals
  • Avoid HSE incidents at LNG facilities such as fire and explosion which can risk company’s business continuity
  • Instill confidence among all those dealing with LNG one way or the other
  • This training course will provide a positive impact on customers, lenders, insurance underwriters, management system certification agencies, regulatory & statutory authorities, industry and societal spectrum at large

Personal Impact

Individuals who participate in this Hazards, Technology, Operation, and Economics for LNG training course can gain from it in the following ways:

  • Development of confidence in safe operation, inspection, and maintenance management of the LNG facilities
  • Since LNG plants and marine terminals are high-risk specialized areas, such highly sought-after training courses enrich the attendee’s professional profile significantly
  • Better ability to respond to an emergency so that personal and organizational safety is well protected

Who should Attend?

All personnel responsible for: 

  • LNG plant, terminal, and marine safety (e.g., Operations, Inspection, maintenance and marine)
  • LNG loading
  • Discharging and custody transfer
  • Handling LNG cargoes
  • LNG plant operators
  • LNG handlers
  • LNG vessel owners and operators
  • LNG plant safety auditors
  • Surveyors and inspectors
  • LNG marine superintendents

Those involved in the Liquid and Gas Facility/ Tanker and LNG Cargo transportation business including:

  • All Liquid/Gas and LNG suppliers, traders, and distributors
  • LNG Plant and Terminal HSE, LNG Ship owners and operators
  • LNG Superintendents and Safety officers
  • LNG Technical Engineers and operations executives
  • LNG Charterers and traders
  • LNG Ship brokers
  • LNG Port and terminal operators
  • LNG P&I club and marine insurance

Those involved with sales and marketing and customer satisfaction interface, including lenders and insurance agencies:

  • Marketing and Sales personnel
  • Insurance personnel
Course Outline
Day 1

What Is LNG? Hazards. LNG Spectrum End To End. International Context. Process Safety Management of an LNG Plant

  • Assessment of delegates current LNG knowledge and understanding of LNG Plant and Terminals
  • Specific LNG safety criteria and areas that need in depth coverage after assessment of delegates.
  • Asking general questions related to LNG duties, this allows customizing the LNG safety training program
  • Screening / Compatibility Studies of participating LNG delegates

What is LNG? Specific Safety - Hazards and Risks

  • Introduction to LNG: What is LNG? LNG Characteristics.
  • The whole LNG Production, Storage, Loading, Shipping, Unloading and Consuming chain
  • The Gas Value Chain: From gas wells to the customers through LNG transformation.
  • Major LNG Producing Locations as Samples
  • Major LNG Consuming Countries
  • Peak Shaving concepts with regards to LNG

Introduction to the Relevant International Standards/ Guidelines / Societies

  • International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals (ISGOTT) new Edition. Synergy product.
  • Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
  • LNG Marine Terminal Operators Competence and Training Guide (MTOCT)
  • SIGTTO (Society of International Gas Tankers and Terminal Operators)
  • IMO (International Maritime Organization)
  • International Gas Code
  • Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) Convention 

Specific Safety - Hazards and Risks

  • Process Safety management as applied to LNG Plants
  • What are good Design Features of an LNG Plant
  • Safety in LNG Process Design
  • Historical Incidents: the need for Safety in Process Design
  • LNG Plant Design Approaches: 1) Preventive/Pre-incident 2) Mitigative/Post-Incident
  • Elimination of Hazards through LNG Process Design
  • Major Activities of LNG Process Safety and Loss Prevention Design Engineers
  • Introduction to HAZID
  • Introduction to HAZOP and SIL Assessment
  • Introduction to LOPA (Layer of Production Analysis)
  • Introduction to Consequence Analysis/Dispersion Analysis
  • Introduction to Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
  • The wheel of Hazards
  • LNG Security Issues

Technology: Main Units in an LNG Plant and the associated Hazards Management

  • LNG Units at glance
  • Practical miscellaneous issues in various units of an LNG Plant
  • Miscellaneous Items in an LNG Plant: Cryogenic Applications
Day 2

Storage of the Produced LNG. LNG Safety and Planning

Storage of the Produced LNG

  • LNG Storage: Types and Features
  • Hazards Associated with LNG storage
  • MSDS – LNG
  • Specific properties and hazards associated with LNG
  • Other Characteristics of LNG

LNG Safety and Planning

  • SWP/JSA Delegate Exercise - HSE Health and Safety Workplace Practices SWP/JSA for end to end
  • LNG Risk Analysis and Job Safety Analysis
  • Technical characteristics of LNG
  • LNG Handling, storage and spill risk
  • Volatile cargo and gas vapors leak from ruptured tanks, Hoses & pipelines, causing oxygen deficiencies
  • Gas Hazard Monitoring Equipment for JSA
  • Adverse Weather Working – Guidelines examples for JSA
  • LNG Hose construction and length
  • Hose quality and identification
  • The LNG ‘Golden’ Safety Rule
  • Confined space entry
  • Process and Mechanical isolations
  • Electrical isolation
  • Working at Height
  • Ground disturbances
  • Lifting Operations
  • Driving Safety
  • Management of Change in Organization, Equipment, Plant, Standards or Procedures that have a Health, Safety, Integrity and/or Environmental impact
  • ‘Step back’ 5 x 5 procedures
Day 3

Loading & Shipping of LNG with Safety. Custody Transfer Protocols

  • Transfer of LNG from Storage Tanks to Loading Jetty on cold recirculation.

Safe Docking/ Mooring of the Ship at the Loading Jetty

  • LNG POAC (Person of Overall Advisory Control): Demands and Responsibilities
  • Loading Master preparation and monitoring of moorings
  • Ship guided and docked into LNG berth by Port Tugs
  • Position Monitoring System (PMS)/ Dynamic Positioning/ Compatibility & OPTIMOOR
  • Tension Monitoring System (TMS)
  • The Loading Jetty layout. Mooring and Breasting Dolphins (Applicable to unloading jetty)
  • How does Ship Storage Tank look like from inside the ship?
  • Jetty Approaches: Finger or Face Terminal Design Interface for LNG discharge
  • SPM (Single Point Mooring) as a special case

Safety Features at the LNG Jetty/Port

  • Jetty Water Curtains and Tower Fire Water Monitors
  • Fire Fighting Tugs
  • Ship Hull Protection against LNG Spillage
  • Working of Loading Arm: Swivel Joint
  • Hydraulic QC/DC (Quick Coupling/Decoupling)
  • Powered Emergency Release Coupler (PERC)

Custody Transfer Protocols/ISGOTT driven Interface Safety Management

  • What is LNG custody Transfer?
  • LNG Communications procedures & precautions
  • Cargo Hazards, weather conditions, Personnel injury, mooring unmooring operations
  • Critical Information from LNG terminal to tanker. LNG Cargo loads. Preparations & Responsibilities
  • Critical LNG Information transfer from tanker to terminal. Preparations & Responsibilities
  • Critical LNG Load Master discharge plan/ Types of Liquid/Gas carriers and LNG Tanks
  • LNG Transfer system design and parameters Contributors to Boil off Gas
  • SIRE (Ship Inspection Reporting)
  • Third Party Inspection Reports,
  • Critical LNG – Applicable safety codes and Charterers’ requirements
  • Dry Dock Inspection Reports
  • Shore Audits. Port Compliance Reports
  • SSMS (Ship Safety Management System)
  • TMSA (Tanker Management Self-Assessment)
  • LNG Plant and Ship-shore safety checklist including
  • LNG Safety procedures and recommendations for tanker and terminal personnel
  • International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code
  • Identify improved procedures for the handling, loading and discharging of LNG
  • Understand pumps and pipeline systems including loading and discharge operations for LNG
  • LNG ESD 1 and 2 - Technical comparisons and LNG Containment systems

Miscellaneous Preparations/Ongoing Checks before and during LNG Loading

  • LNG In Service Inspections
  • LNG Service Leak Testing
  • Colour Couplings Indexes
  • Operational risk profiles in LNG Bunkering
  • Inspections and Audit – Rigging
  • Inspections and Audit – Wire Ropes
  • Inspections – Handling and Chains
  • Inspection - Shackles and hardware

LNG Safety Operations

  • LNG Cargo Safety Transfer checklists and forms required
  • LNG Cargo Transfer Safety equipment required
  • LNG Cargo hazards, safety and risks that exist
  • LNG Cargo controls
  • Cargo training required for personnel (LNG Preparations forms)
  • SIMOPS
Day 4

Emergency Safety Response and Contingency Planning – LNG

Common causes of these incidents

Required LNG training and preparations

LNG Hazards and Risks moving forward

  • Geographical hazards
  • Crew factor
  • LNG Ship and shore requirements

Risk profiling of your LNG operations

What response is required?

  • Safety Management Systems and Options for LNG

Case Study: Ship Spills. ESD and Releases

  • Protocols and how the systems are used

Miscellaneous

  • Things to do in case of an LNG emergency
  • General Emergency Response Management
  • Things to avoid during LNG emergencies
  • Contingency equipment for LNG
  • Spill and LNG leaks
  • LNG SOPEP/SIMOPS use
  • Fire or Structural damage due to LNG spills
  • Poor weather and mooring failures
  • Precautions against piracy
  • Media management and communications, parties involved

LNG STS (Ship to Ship) and other Transfers. Management of Operations

  • LNG and Liquid/Gas Transfer System Naval Architectures and available technologies
  • LNG Ship to Ship to shore
  • LNG Ship to Platform
  • LNG Ship to Ship
  • LNG Ship connected transfer systems and tandem configurations
  • LNG System Uptime considerations of effective operations
  • Meteocean conditions, prediction tools
  • Organizational Skills Motivation of Operator, Ships’ Officer to cooperate LNG Liquid form measurement - Differential Flow mechanisms, design, metering and performance
  • Ultrasonic Flow mechanisms, design, metering and performance
  • Vortex Flow mechanisms, design, metering and performance
  • Applications of flow meters, calibration, calculations, transfer principles Safety

Preparing for the future incidents – LNG Contingency planning STS equipment and training. LNG Cryogenic Hose safety, testing and type Salvage of an LNG vessel

  • Considerations for LNG cargo recovery
  • LNG Environmental impact
  • LNG Technical equipment development
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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