Project description

The project consists in the installation, within the perimeter of the Dunkerque LNG terminal, of a LNG truck loading station with the following characteristics:

• Loading bay : 1 (+2 additional in future) – design flow 90 m3/h
• Truck capacity: 40m3
• Frequency : max 10 trucks per day and per bay
• Each bay equipped with 2 loading arms, breakaway system, purging by nitrogen,
• Fully automated system for loading operations: trucks scheduling & management, access control, weighting (fiscal metering), truck filling,

The Dunkerque LNG terminal has been commissioned during the summer 2016. The station will have to be installed in a live operating terminal nearby an LNG tank with integration into existing systems.

Scope of work:   Conceptual design and then FEED

• Process design
• Layout and connection to existing piping systems
• Civil & structural design
• Safety design, extension of fire fighting network, additional fire fighting means, fire & gas detectors,
• Electrical supply from existing panels
• Instrumentation and control, integration in LNG terminal Distributed Control System, Emergency Shutdown System, Fire & Gas System
• Management systems for truck filling operations; loading scheduling, access control for LNG trucks and drivers, weighting in and out, safety checks, automated filling sequence, editing bill of lading and invoice
• Regulatory studies for permitting (Environmental Impact Assessment, Hazard study, Lightning study)
• Cost estimate CAPEX & OPEX
• Implementation schedule