Krylov State Research Center (KSRC), with the assistance of Shelf center, CDB Corall and System Dynamics, has developed a conceptual design of a floating platform for gas liquefaction at the Shtokman field, IAA PortNews correspondent cites KSRC designer Aleksand Zimin, as saying at Offshore Marintec Russia, International Offshore and Maritime Exhibition & Conference.
According to him, the platform is to be 60 meters wide and have a displacement of 285,000 t, LNG storage capacity of 200,000 t, production capacity of 2 mln t of LNG per year.
To make it economically viable the platform can be designed for operation in ice free waters. In case of worsening weather conditions the platform can be temporally moved to a safe area. The platform is supposed to be built by Zvezda shipyard.
The Krylov State Research Centre is one of the world’s major ship research & design centres established in 1894. Over its century-long efforts in the field of innovative R&Ds for the benefit of national shipbuilding, in the best interests of the country’s defence and economic development, the Krylov Centre has accumulated the wealth of unique expertise in development of naval ships, commercial vessels and offshore structures. The Krylov Centre responsibilities cover the full scope of ship qualities including seaworthiness, strength, powering, acoustics, electromagnetic signatures, nuclear & radiation safety, definition of ship concepts meeting the combination of the above requirements.