LNG for remote locations: ssLNG gathering speed

摘要

As delegates at Riviera Maritime Media's Small-scale LNG's big opportunities webinar heard in late April, small-scale terminals, infrastructure and new ships are being built that will help expand the availability of LNG for transport and power generation to meet global mandates for greener fuels. In Italy, OLT Offshore LNG Toscana, for instance, is well advanced in the development of the country's first regasification terminal that will service small-scale LNG carriers from FSRU Toscana moored off the Tuscany coast. Webinar panelist OLT technical superintendent Martina Sabatini said full-mission bridge simulations have been conducted while manoeuvring and mooring studies were done with models to identify any criticalities for the new loading service at the floating terminal. As she explained, small-scale deliveries of LNG are vital in regions that have so far been short of the gas. "LNG plays a central role in heavy land and sea transport as well as in industrial and civil uses in areas not served by the national transport network," Ms Sabatini said.