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Major contracts confirm Technip's leadership
Floating LNG
Engineering and technologies
Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for
the oil and gas industry.
With a global footprint, our talents constantly offer the most innovative technologies and
best solutions to our clients to optimize their investments and meet the world’s energy
challenges.
Our mission is to deliver safe, sustainable and quality projects across the world.
We operate in three main businesses:
Offshore
In the Offshore business, our
activities include engineering,
procurement, construction (EPC) and
installation of fixed and floating
platforms.
We use a complete range of
technological solutions to answer
the challenges faced by our clients.
We are leveraging our expertise in
full-range of offshore facilities, as
well as our strong know-how with
added-value process skills and
proprietary platform design.
Onshore
In the Onshore business, we deliver to
our clients all the experience we have
acquired for almost 60 years, combined
with a large technology solutions
portfolio. We are working on onshore
facilities that the energy sector needs, in
particular for oil and gas industry players.
Technip is one of the global leaders for
the refining business and petrochemical
units. We also reinforced our position on
project management consultancy (PMC)
activities, by leveraging our expertise in
the management of complex projects.
Subsea
In subsea hydrocarbon field
development, Technip’s activities
include the design, manufacture
and installation of rigid and
flexible subsea pipelines and
umbilicals.
Thanks to our portfolio of
technologies, industrial and
operational assets on all
continents and a state-of-the art
fleet, we offer a unique vertically
integrated model in the industry.
Technip at a glance
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As one of the world’s longest standing providers of project services
and technology to the LNG industry, we have long been active in
seeking solutions to enable the development of offshore LNG
TECHNIP offers an organisation whose combinedresources, experience, technology, skills, andfinancial stability are second-to-none.
For an FLNG project development, Technip hasdemonstrated its ability to act as main contractorfor the entire project from conception to start-up.
Drawing on our experience in all component
areas, we are in a unique position to design
and deliver floating LNG facilities.
Leadership in oil and gas navalarchitecture
We design and build complete offshore facilities in-house
or in partnership.
Leadership in project execution
Our EPC culture ensures the success of our projects from
conceptual and pre-FEED studies through to delivery and
commissioning.
We have solid references in working in consortium with
major shipyards under EPC lump sum contracts.
A pioneer and leader in liquefaction
Technip has been a leader in LNG for 50 years, with
experience of all sizes of plant from peak shavers to the
mega-trains in Qatar. Technip has contributed significantly
to the state-of-the-art in LNG and maintains a portfolio
of LNG technologies.
The world’s largest FPSO’s
Technip has delivered some of the world’s largest FPSO’s
with integrated topside facilities of up to 37,000 tonnes.
Advanced technologies in cryogenictransfer
Technip offers a fully qualified LNG transfer system with
cryogenic flexible as its central component.
World leader in subsea field development
Technip is historically the world leader of the subsea
market for the design, manufacture and installation of
subsea flowlines, umbilicals and risers.
Floating LNG facilities
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Complete
design flexibility
Building on the execution of the
world’s largest LNG facilities and
oil FPSO’s, Technip has the
capability to manage the design
and delivery of FLNG projects
A wide range of design options are available at conceptual stage:
Large production capacity: 1 to 6 Mtpa
Overall storage up to 400,000 m3
Mixed refrigerant or N2 expansion liquefaction processes
Modularised, safe and compact facilities
Turret moored for weathervaning or spread-moored
Storm shut-ins / disconnections
Prismatic (SPB) or highly partitioned membrane LNG tanks
Side-by-side offloading or tandem configuration with cryogenic aerial flexible pipe
Agreement to strengthen FLNG collaboration
In December 2012, Shell and the Technip-Samsung Consortium signed an
agreement to enhance collaboration on the design, engineering, procurement,
construction and installation of future innovative FLNG solutions across a wide
range of opportunities in the
future. For example, Shell’s FLNG
Lean technology would be able
to process additional gas and
produce more LNG, opening up
new business opportunities for
countries looking to develop
their gas resources.
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ShELL
Generic FLNG
On July 28, 2009, two contracts were signed in Paris with Shell:
a master agreement with a consortium comprising Technip and Samsung for the design, construction and installation
of multiple floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities over a period of up to fifteen years.
a contract with the same consortium for the execution of the front end engineering and design (FEED) for Shell's
3.6 Mtpa FLNG solution.
Prelude FLNG, Western Australia
On March 8, 2010 a contract was signed in Paris with Shell, covering the FEED elements specific to the Prelude project,
taking into account the composition of the gas, local weather conditions and other site-specific factors.
On May 30, 2011, Shell gave notice to proceed with the detailed design and construction of Prelude, the first FLNG
facility in the world.
On June 29, 2012, Shell awarded Technip a large subsea installation contract, including management of key interfaces with
the hook-up and commissioning of the Prelude FLNG facility.
PETRONAS
Award date: February 2011
Client: Petronas and MISC Berhad
Contractor: Technip, in
consortium with DSME
FEED contract for an FLNG unit,
offshore Malaysia
Capacity: 1.2 Mtpa
EPC contract awarded in
June 2012
Keel laying in January 2014
Hull launch in April 2014
FLNG is a true representation of
Technip's technological differentiation
through the integration of all our core
activities: LNG process, offshore
facilities and subsea infrastructure
FLNG solutions have the potential to place gasliquefaction facilities directly over offshore gasfields, thereby precluding the need for longdistance pipelines and extensive onshoreinfrastructure.
This innovative alternative to traditional onshoreLNG plants provides a commercially attractiveand environmentally friendly approach formonetisation of offshore gas fields.
Major FLNG contracts signed since 2009
These awards confirm Technip's position as the leading FLNG engineering contractor
Wave basin model tests - Scale:60 High efficiency offshore "reverse Brayton" type liquefaction process
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Process schemes
Improved processes have been developed by Technip’s
process engineers to meet the requirements of the new
context of Floating LNG, including:
Ideas for improving natural gas liquefaction
Gas condensate stabilisation producing a rich gas for
direct liquefaction without LPG production
Production of high purity N2 from the natural gas
hull motions
The design of topside equipment requires the
collaboration of an entire team of naval architects, piping,
process and equipment engineers, critical equipment
suppliers, installation specialists and engineers skilled in
advanced numerical modelling.
Accelerations are quantified and loads on mechanical
equipment checked with vendors.
The effects of hull motions on gas/liquid separation in
process equipment are studied, when necessary, with
process licensors and suppliers.
Addressing FLNG challenges
Technip has strong technical skills in many of the areas
critical to FLNG.
New tools and solutions have been developed or existing
methods adapted to meet the specific needs of FLNG
vessels operating in harsh environments.
Sloshing in a horizontal drumequipped with baffles
Flare flame radiationvisualisation
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Experimental validation of models for cryogenic spill
Determination of flare structuretemperatures under the effect ofradiation
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Naval architecture
Naval Architects had to address several new challenges:
Sheer size - larger than any existing FPSO
Harsh environmental conditions
Weathervaning systems suitable for the 10,000-year
storm
LNG cryogenic transfer between two floating units in
the open sea
Accommodating a wide range of LNG and LPG carriers
The development of the FLNG/TMS solution for Shell
Prelude was enabled by combining Technip's
marine/MetOcean expertise with that of Shell, SBM and
Samsung.
Design solutions are helped by a series of two tests:
Wind tunnel tests to derive wind and current loads on
the FLNG with and without an LNG carrier present.
Wave basin model tests with FLNG and LNG carriers
covering:
Mooring in harsh, category 5 cyclone conditions
Decay and motion response tests
Berthing and mooring and the equipment required
between the two vessels
The loads generated when towing these large units
FLNG projects have an increased number of design and
construction interfaces. To mitigate the risk from poor
management, Technip has developed and is using a
specific Interface Management Tool - IMT, that allows full
technical and commercial alignment between multiple
parties at each interface.
Interface management
Safety - Risks from cryogenic and hazardous fluids
The challenge for the safe layout of an FLNG facility is the
large process area required in a reduced footprint leading
to relatively high congestion and tall modules.
Our risk-based approach assesses potential consequences
and associated frequencies to derive appropriate
safeguards and mitigation measures. Among process risks
(fire and explosion) and non-process risks (ship collision,
dropped object, etc.), the hazards of personnel and asset
exposure to cryogenic fluids are specific safety drivers.
As a prime example, the potential consequences of
cryogenic spillage on deck and hull structures are studied
to define the best counter measures.
The objective is to minimise the potential for escalation
and promote safe escape. In the event of major accidents,
the goal is evacuation and rescue of personnel while
maintaining asset integrity.
FLNG flare radiation at deck level is potentially much
higher than for conventional FPSO’s requiring the use of
state-of-the-art modeling tools.
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This document is the property of Technip and is not intended to be a binding contractual document. Any information contained herein shall not result in any binding obligation on the part of Technip, or any of its affiliates,and is provided for information purposes only. Technip - Group Communications - April 2015. Photo credits: Technip, ; page 3: Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos
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