Izar launches LNG barge
The Izar Fene Shipyard has launched the platform that will support
a natural gas liquefaction plant in Hammerfest, Norway. Following
the launch, the platform will be moored in the Spanish shipyard and
will
undergo hydraulic testing before delivery.
The LNG plant in Norway will be an integral part of the development
of the offshore natural gas fields of Albatross, Askeladden, and
Snøhvit
in the Barents Sea. Gas will be transported through a submarine
pipeline
to Melkoya Island, where it will be treated and exported as LNG.
The platform is 154 m long, with a 54-m beam, and weighs
10,000 metric
tons. It is built of highly elastic steel and has been designed
to
operate for 50 years.
In mid August, Izar Puerto Real shipyard launched a 138,000-cu-m LNG
carrier, the keel for which was laid in September of last year.
The vessel is 284.4 m long, 42.5 m wide, and 25.4 m deep, with
a draft
of 11.4 m. It is outfitted with two GPH 500-1224 cranes that can lift
12
metric tons at 24 m, two GPS 320-1218 cranes capable of lifting 12
metric
tons at 18 m, and one GPS 40-0210 crane that can lift 2 metric tons at
10 m. The vessel is outfitted with four double-membrane tanks that will
be used to contain the LNG.
According to Izar, the company is the only European' shipyard
that has
LNG units under construction and is among the few in the world capable
of designing and building these kinds of vessels.
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