LNG the new risk agenda

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LNG the new risk agenda
An Invitation to Sponsors
Figure 1 Shell Bechtel withdraw LNG project

• What is the business threat?
• The LNG industry is experiencing significant
  opposition from organizations and interest groups
  claiming that the consequences of a major LNG
  tanker release would have an unacceptable impact
  on the community. Such arguments have stagnated
  some project proposals. In response, several
  industry consultants have offered differing
  analyses of the magnitude of the consequences
  and, while these have been widely circulated in
  the industry, they are subject to dispute and the
  cause of current uncertainty.
• DNV, an independent foundation with the objective
  of safeguarding life, property, and the
  environment, has a respected history in the LNG
  shipping industry and the modeling of hydrocarbon
  releases. DNV is proposing to make an
  independent assessment of the effects of a range
  of LNG releases.
• DNV will prepare a paper for public consideration
  that provides our assessment of the effects of
  these LNG releases. The paper would be crafted
  to be understandable to a wide audience, while
  providing enough detail to be technically
  defensible in respected refereed journals. In
  light of security concerns, we do not propose
  including the full details of the failure/release
  scenarios in the public document. A
  supplementary document for use by contributing
  sponsors will nevertheless include the basis of
  the failure scenarios, and more complete
  information regarding the event tree and detailed
  analysis.
• The results of the study are intended to provide
  a public benchmark for the industry and increase
  the clarity for risk based decision making.
  Scenarios from both kinds of common marine
  tankers (membrane and spherical) will be
  considered. Scenarios will be realistic but
  generic, not related to any specific project with
  confidential aspects.
• An Invitation to Sponsors
• DNV is interested in involving industry and
  government sponsors in this study. Sponsors will
  aid in the development of the study and be able
  to comment on the technical details of the
  analysis.

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• Deliverables
• Public paper describing the DNV analysis of major
  LNG releases from maritime or terminal operators
• Full documentation of the analysis for
  participating (contributing) industry companies
• Presentation of the results at selected venues
• Role of Sponsors
• Verification of cases selected by experienced LNG
  staff
• Financial support
• Why DNV?
• World class dispersion and hydrocarbon
  consequence models and modeling tools
• Extensive LNG engineering experience with vessels
  and terminals
• Suggested Financial Support
• 8,000 USD
• If you would like more details on how you can get
  involved, please contact Dr. Robin Pitblado
  (robin.pitblado_at_dnv.com or 281-721-6824) or
  Gareth Hughes (gareth.hughes_at_dnv.com or
  281-721-6717)