ABS Terminal Concept Eliminates the Need for Cryogenic LNG Storage Tanks

摘要

ABS is supporting the safety and security of natural gas storage in man-made subterranean salt caverns . A floating or fixed offshore LNG receiving terminal (right) can be located near salt caverns and gas markets, serving differing requirements for offload rate, storage capacity and send-out capacity. ABS' expertise with buoy mooring technology is being tapped to support a cooperative government/industry research project to study the feasibility of storing natural gas unloaded directly from ships into underground salt caverns. ABS, which has classed some 40 single-point moorings (SPMs) was invited to assist industry with this pioneering cooperative research program in gas transport and storage, says William J. Sember, ABS Vice President of Energy Development. "The novel concept of storing natural gas in salt caverns presents an alternative to the construction of new infrastructure," said Sember.