76th TSG Meeting - London

Dear TSG Representatives,

Please save the date for the GIIGNL 76^th Technical Study Group meeting which will be held in London, United Kingdom from November 27 to 29, 2024 at the kind invitation of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

We look forward to seeing you in the London.

Best regards,

Laurent David

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Welcome Reception

Place: The Tower Hotel

Dress Code: Smart Casual Attire

• 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM Welcome Drinks & Dinner

Thursday, November 28, 2024

TSG  Meetings

Place: MOL London Office – 10th floor
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 09:00 AM  1st working session
• 10:30 AM   Coffee break
• 11:00 AM  2nd working session
• 12:30 PM   Lunch
• 01:30 PM  3rd working session
• 03:00 PM Coffee break
• 03:30 PM  4th working session
• 04:30 PM End of the meeting

Social Program and  Dinner

Place: London
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 5:30 PM – 09:45 PM  Dinner at Thames Cruise

Friday, November 29, 2024

TSG  Meetings

Place: MOL London Office – 10th floor
Dress code: Smart Casual Attire

• 09:00 AM  5th working session
• 10:30 AM   Coffee break
• 11:00 AM  6th working session
• 12:30 PM   End of the meeting

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Opening remarks – Mr. Jun Kanda, Managing Director, Mitsui O.S.K Lines

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

2. GIIGNL meetings

• Approval of the minutes of the 75th TSG meeting held in Groningen in May 2024
• 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
  • Recent O&M surveys
  • Recent issues with LNG composition (N2, C6+…)
• HSE
  • Fugitive emissions: good practice for maintaining arm swivel joints (Shell)

5. GHG Emissions

• Ways to reduce the CO2 footprint of the LNG terminals – Leader Dunkerque LNG (Mr. Planteline).
• LC02 Terminalling – Leader Elengy / Engie Lab Crigen
• MRV report – Input sheet to collect more primary data from regas terminals (Shell)
• New European regulation limiting flaring and venting (TSG Chairman)

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 subjects: All members are invited to propose new topics to the TSG. Potential subjects could be:
  • Green gases (Bio-LNG, Liquefied Synthetic Methane and LH2) – Information paper on green gases
  • Future investments in LNG terminals for dealing with new fuels such as e-methane or synergies with LH2.
  • New O&M philosophy in an environment where more flexibility is required (zero send-out to peak send-out, additional services such as truck loading, transhipment, ship reloading…)
  • Benchmarking of maintenance of the main LNG equipment
  • Others
• 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)

Round table of recent LNG development in existing FSRU/terminals, including MOL presentation on Wind Challenger Sail onboard LNG Carrier.

(All members)

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