Classification society, Bureau Veritas, has completed the classification of the Torman LNG floating regasification unit (FRU) at Tema port, Ghana. The unit is combined with a floating storage unit (FSU) to deliver gas to onshore consumers in the country.
The development of the facility paves way for the first deliveries of LNG to a terminal in Sub-Saharan Africa and will help to meet the growing energy demand of the West African country. The volume to be allocated to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is equivalent to circa 1,300 MW of combined cycle power plant capacity.
The facility is owned by Gasfin, and it involves the Torman LNG FRU and a Moss-type LNG floating storage unit (FSU), both classed by Bureau Veritas.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The 95-metre newly built FRU was constructed at CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard in China, and fitted with two IMO type-C tanks, with a storage capacity of 28,000 cubic meters.
- The LNG FRU is designed for a regasification capacity of around 1.7 million tons of LNG per year and will be in operation for approximately 20 years.
- The classification and certification scope was conducted by Bureau Veritas. It included the design, review, approval, material certification, and construction surveys of the LNG FRU at Jiangnan shipyard, as well as Tema port.
- The consultative arm of Bureau Veritas, Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore, ensured that the verification and surveys associated with the design, fabrication, and incorporation of the natural gas send-out heater skid system onto the Torman LNG FRU.
- During the unit’s service years, Bureau Veritas will be supporting Gasfin’s management, reassuring stakeholders of the structural soundness of the unit and its safety, through regular conformity checks to Bureau Veritas’ classification rules and international standards.
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