Consequence Assessment Methods for Incidents Involving Releases From Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers

Abstract

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been transported by sea since 1959 in specially designed LNG carriers. These vessels have a remarkable safety record and provide an essential link in the movement of LNG from production locations to consumer locations. However, stakeholders recognize that there are possibilities for some serious incidents involving LNG carriers, particularly in light of increased awareness and concern about potential terrorist actions. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sponsored this study with the goal of identifying appropriate consequence analysis methods for estimating flammable vapor and thermal radiation hazard distances for potential LNG vessel cargo releases during transit and while at berth. This work considers the flammable vapor and thermal radiation hazards created by unconfined LNG spills on water resulting from an LNG cargo release. This includes review of literature on experimental LNG spills and on consequence assessment methodologies that are applicable to modeling of incidents involving LNG spills on water.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: May 13, 2004
• Accession Number: ADA468573

Entities

Organizations

• American Bureau of Shipping

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Burning Rate
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Computer Programs
• Emergency Response
• Gases
• Heat Transfer
• Liquefied Gases
• Liquefied Natural Gas
• Liquids
• Material Degradation Processes
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Testing
• Natural Gas
• Phase Transformations
• Risk
• Warning Systems

Readers

• Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
• Fire Suppression Systems Design.
• Government and Public Administration Law.