Abstract
Floating liquefied natural gas facilities (FLNG) have the potential to revolutionize the way natural gas resources are developed by moving the production and processing out to sea. This is a major innovation that brings huge new energy resources within reach, but the high potential risks and the novelty of the concept require detailed and sometimes new safety studies. Fire and Explosion risk analysis, Cryogenic risk analysis, Smoke and gas dispersion risk analysis, etc. feed into a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA). Performing these safety studies is challenging, given the lack of any feedback and references.
Among all the safety studies, this paper focuses on the Explosion Risk Analysis (ERA) since major design inputs are derived from this study e.g. overpressure Design Accidental Loads (DAL) for Safety Critical Elements. It is of primary importance to ensure robustness of its study basis, assumptions and approach.
