OPEN - SEA BERTH LNG IMPORT TERMINAL

摘要

26 - ABSTRACT OPEN - SEA BERTH LNG 1MPORR TERIINAL METHODS AND SYSTERNS FOR RECEIVING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) AND DELIVERING 5 VAPORIZED NATURAL LAS TO A PIPELINE IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH ONQHORE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR IMPORTING LNG. IN ONE -EMBODIMENT, AN OPEN-REA BERTH IMPORT TERMINAL INCLUDES A PLATFORM, WHICH IS FIXED TO THE SEA FLOOR AND INCLUDES TXVO OR ]NOTE SETS OF BERTHIN2 STRUCTURES. LNG CARRIERS BERTH AT THE OPER)-SEA BERTH IMPORT TERMINAL TO TRANSFER LNG TO A SLORAZE VESSEL MOORED AT ONE OF THE BERIHINL STRUCTURES. LNIG 10 VAPORIZATION FACILITIES. EITHER ON THE STORAGE VESSEL OR THE PLATFORM, VAPORIZE THE LNG PRIOR TO DELIVERY TO THE PIPELINE. THE STORAGE VESSEL MAY INCLUDE A BARGE OR ANOTHER I - LNG CARRIER. IN OTHER EMBODIMENTS, THE OPEN-SEA BERTH IMPORT LENNINAL MAY HAVE NO STORAGE FACILITIES, BUT TWO LNG CARRIERS MAX, BERTH AT THE BERTHING STRUCTURES TO CONCURRENTLY PER-FORNI OFFLOADING OPERATIONS, WITH ONE TRANSFERRING LNG AND THE OTHER 15 PERFORMING OTHER OFFLOADING OPERATIONS TO ENHANCE OPERATIONS.