Golar Spirit
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Golar Spirit is a floating storage and regasification vessel
(FSRU). It is the world's first FSRU converted from an liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier
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in 1981 as an LNG carrier. She was the first Japan-built and first Asia-built LNG carrier. In 1986, Golar Spirit was chartered for twenty years by Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina
. She served the line delivering LNG from Indonesia to Japan.
In April 2007, Golar Spirit was charter contracted by Petrobras
for serving as the Pecém LNG terminal. The conversion started on 1 October 2007 at the Keppel Shipyard
in Singapore
. The conversion was completed in mid 2008 and Golar Spirit headed to Brazil
on 11 June 2008. On her course, the Golar Spirit transported a LNG load from Trinidad and Tobago
to Brazil. She arrived in Pecém on 22 July 2008.
On 30 January 2009, Golar Spirit became the first vessel of this kind, which regasified LNG aboard.
engineered its pressure protection system through its subsidiary Solberg & Andersen.
Golar Spirit is equipped with a regasification system comprising high pressure LNG pumps, cryogenic
LNG vaporizers and associated valves, piping and instrumentation. LNG pumps are provided by Shinko, while LNG vaporizers are provided by Thermax
. The vaporizers use steam generated by the onboard existing steam boilers. The design pressure of the vaporizers exceeds 85 bars (8,500,000 Pa). Each vaporiser with wall thickness of over 55 millimetres (2.2 in) is over 8 metres (26.2 ft) long and weighs in excess of 5.5 metric ton. The regasification capacity of the Golar Spirit is 7000000 m3/d (over 240 metric ton of LNG per hour), and its storage capacity is 129 thousand m3s (4,555,591.9 cu ft) of LNG, equivalent to 77 million m3s (2,719,229,298.4 cu ft) of natural gas.
Det Norske Veritas
has issued a Statement of Approval of the Regasification Plant and Interim Class Certificate confirming the REGAS-2 Class notation.
. It is charter contracted by Petrobras for ten years starting from the second half of 2008.
Floating Production Storage and Offloading
A floating production, storage and offloading unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore industry for the processing of hydrocarbons and for storage of oil. A FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil until it...
(FSRU). It is the world's first FSRU converted from an liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier
LNG carrier
An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas . As the LNG market grows rapidly, the fleet of LNG carriers continues to experience tremendous growth.-History:...
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History
Golar Spirit was built by the Kawasaki Shipbuilding CorporationKawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
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in 1981 as an LNG carrier. She was the first Japan-built and first Asia-built LNG carrier. In 1986, Golar Spirit was chartered for twenty years by Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina
Pertamina
Pertamina is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which extracts and refines the country's oil and gas reserves. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of Pertamin and Permina...
. She served the line delivering LNG from Indonesia to Japan.
In April 2007, Golar Spirit was charter contracted by Petrobras
Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro or Petrobras is a semi-public Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in Latin America by market capitalization and revenue, and the largest company headquartered in the Southern Hemisphere by market...
for serving as the Pecém LNG terminal. The conversion started on 1 October 2007 at the Keppel Shipyard
Keppel Corporation
The Keppel Group of Companies includes Keppel Offshore & Marine, Keppel Integrated Engineering, Keppel Energy, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation and Keppel Land, among others....
in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. The conversion was completed in mid 2008 and Golar Spirit headed to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
on 11 June 2008. On her course, the Golar Spirit transported a LNG load from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
to Brazil. She arrived in Pecém on 22 July 2008.
On 30 January 2009, Golar Spirit became the first vessel of this kind, which regasified LNG aboard.
Technical description
The FSRU Golar Spirit operates at a jetty to which the FSRU is moored. LNG is transported to the FSRU by LNG carriers, that berth to the other side of the jetty. The LNG is vaporized in the onboard regasification system, which enables the FSRU to provide natural gas to the onshore consumers (power plants). It is a steel mono hull with LNG tanks arranged in the middle, with the re-gasification plant in the forward section and crew facilities with control room and utility machinery in the aft section. The engineering of the regasification system and the tanks were provided by Moss Maritime of Norway. The Norwegian company BjørgeBjørge
Bjørge is an onshore and offshore oil and gas and Marine software engineering and maintenance company. The company is based in Tananger outside Stavanger, Norway.-History:...
engineered its pressure protection system through its subsidiary Solberg & Andersen.
Golar Spirit is equipped with a regasification system comprising high pressure LNG pumps, cryogenic
Cryogenics
In physics, cryogenics is the study of the production of very low temperature and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. A person who studies elements under extremely cold temperature is called a cryogenicist. Rather than the relative temperature scales of Celsius and Fahrenheit,...
LNG vaporizers and associated valves, piping and instrumentation. LNG pumps are provided by Shinko, while LNG vaporizers are provided by Thermax
Thermax
Thermax Ltd. is a multi-national energy and environment engineering company based in India; and in Britain. It manufactures, boilers, vapour absorption machines, offers water and waste solutions and installs captive power projects...
. The vaporizers use steam generated by the onboard existing steam boilers. The design pressure of the vaporizers exceeds 85 bars (8,500,000 Pa). Each vaporiser with wall thickness of over 55 millimetres (2.2 in) is over 8 metres (26.2 ft) long and weighs in excess of 5.5 metric ton. The regasification capacity of the Golar Spirit is 7000000 m3/d (over 240 metric ton of LNG per hour), and its storage capacity is 129 thousand m3s (4,555,591.9 cu ft) of LNG, equivalent to 77 million m3s (2,719,229,298.4 cu ft) of natural gas.
Det Norske Veritas
Det Norske Veritas
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas is a classification society organized as a foundation, with the objective of "Safeguarding life, property, and the environment". The organization's history goes back to 1864, when the foundation was established in Norway to inspect and evaluate the technical condition...
has issued a Statement of Approval of the Regasification Plant and Interim Class Certificate confirming the REGAS-2 Class notation.
Ownership
Golar Spirit is owned by Golar LNGGolar LNG
Golar LNG is liquefied natural gas shipping company based in London and registered in Bermuda. The company operates 13 LNG carriers and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and NASDAQ and is controlled by John Fredriksen.-History:...
. It is charter contracted by Petrobras for ten years starting from the second half of 2008.