75th TSG Meeting - Groningen

Dear TSG Representatives,

Please save the date for the 75^th GIIGNL Technical Study Group meeting which will be held in Groningen, the Netherlands from May 2024 Tuesday 28^th to Thursday 30^th at the kind invitation of Gasunie.

The event will include a technical visit of the EemsEnergyTerminal LNG terminal in Eemshaven.

Your attendance would be greatly appreciated at the meeting. If you are not available, feel free to share this with your alternate.

We look forward to seeing you in the Netherlands.

Best regards,

Laurent David

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Welcome Reception

Place: The Market Hotel Groningen

Dress Code: Smart Casual Attire

• 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Welcome Cocktail & Dinner

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

TSG Technical Meetings

Place: Gasunie Headquarters – Room Paviljoen
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM         Transfer to Gasunie Headquarter
• 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM         1st working session
• 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM       Coffee break
• 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM      2nd working session
• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM      Lunch
• 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM        3rd working session
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM         Coffee break
• 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM        4th working session
• 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM        Transfer to the embarkment area

Social Program and Official Dinner

Place: Reitdiep Tour and Restaurant Garnwerd aan Zee
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 4:30 PM Boat tour of Groningen
• 6:30 PM Official Dinner

Thursday, May 30, 2024

TSG Technical Visit of the EemsEnergyTerminal LNG terminal

Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM         Transfer from the hotel to the technical site
• 9:00 AM – 12:00 AM       Technical visit of the EemsEnergyTerminal LNG terminal
• 12:00 AM – 1:00 PM        Lunch
• 1:00 PM –  4:00 PM         Transfer to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

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1. Welcome, safety moment, approval of the draft agenda and organization of the meeting

2. GIIGNL meetings

• Approval of the minutes of the 74th TSG meeting held in Tokyo in September 2023
• General Assembly, Executive Committee

3. Process Safety on LNG Facilities

• Incident identification database – Leader Elengy (Mr. Caudron)
• Lessons from recent incidents (All members)

4. Operations & Maintenance

• Operations
• HSE

  5. GHG Emissions

• Ways to reduce the CO2 footprint of the LNG terminals – Leader Dunkerque LNG (Mr. Planteline). Results of the questionnaire.
• LC02 Terminalling
• GIIGNL MRV Framework
• Cold recovery : Presentation by Enagas (Mr. Jimenez) on the use of Rankine cycle at Huelva LNG terminal

6. GIIGNL Publications

• Update of the Custody Transfer Handbook – Leader Fluxys LNG (Mr. Stevens) : Recent questions
• New edition of Rollover report to include FSRUs and FSUs – Leader Shell (Ms. Alikhanbagi)
• LNG quality & compatibility
• Updates of previous publications

7. Other matters

• New studies
• New subjects
• Communication plan for the released studies
• Co-ordination with other LNG bodies (IGU, ISO, SIGTTO, GLE, GERG, Marcogaz, …)

8. Date and venue of next TSG meeting

9. Verbal reports by Members on topical LNG matters (including safety feedback on LNG ships and facilities)

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