Swan Energy of India has selected RINA to perform a review of metocean study and maritime infrastructure basic design for an LNG terminal to be located at Pipavav, India.
Swan Energy is developing a 2 km long breakwater that will protect the LNG terminal, which will consist of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) moored to a jetty, an on-shore receiving facility and a pipeline connecting the FSRU to the Indian gas network.
The terminal has been designed for a capacity of 3 million tons per annum (mtpa), with the possibility to be increased to 10 mtpa. The terminal will allow the mooring of LNG carriers having capacity between 70,000 and 266,000 m3.
Maritime civil works related to the construction of the terminal include dredging of the access channel, turning basin and berth basin, a rubble mould breakwater to protect the harbour basin from waves and currents, the jetty capable of handling carriers directly or alongside the FSRU, a reclamed area formed by dredged seabed materials, a low crest groyne to reduce siltation of the harbour and a small craft basin with a tug berth.
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LNG World News Staff, September 27, 2013; Image: Swan Energy