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PROCESS TRAINING MANUAL

PART 1 - PROCESS OVERVIEW
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INTRODUCTION

RAS LAFFAN LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS COMPANY

2.1

RasGas LNG Project

2.1.1

Shareholders

2.1.2

Qatar North Field

10

2.1.3

Project Background

10

2.1.4

Overall Project

11

2.1.5

Main Features of the Project

13

2.2

RasGas Organisation

14

2.2.1

14

Introduction

2.2.2 Operations Group

3

15

OFFSHORE FACILITIES

21

3.1

Introduction

23

3.2

Central Platform Complex

23

3.3

Description at the Offshore Facility

24

3.3.1

Process/Utilities Platform

24

3.3.2

Riser Platform

25

3.3.3

Wellhead Platforms

26

3.3.4

Emergency Flare

27

3.3.5

Accommodation Platform

28

3.4

General Process Overview

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ONSHORE FACILITIES

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4.1 Introduction

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4.2 General
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.2.7
4.2.8
4.2.9

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Process Overview
Inlet Facilities (Unit 10)
Gas Treating (Unit 11)
Acid Gas Removal (Unit 12)
Dehydration (Unit 13)
Liquefaction (Unit 15)
Refrigeration (Unit 16)
Refrigerant Preparation (Unit 17)
Nitrogen Rejection (Unit 18)
Sulphur Recovery (Unit 19)

4.3 Offplot Facilities

4.3.1
LNG Rundown, Storage & Loading (Unit 71)
4.3.2
Condnesate Rundown, Storage & Loading
(Unit 73)
4.3.3
LNG Loading Berth
4.3.4
Solid Sulphur, Storage & Loading (Unit 77)
4.3.5
Seawater Systems

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4.4 Utilities Systems

4.4.1 Power Generation/Distribution (Unit 91)
4.4.2 Steam and Condensate System (Unit 92)
4.4.3 Fuel Systems (Unit 93)
4.4.4 Fresh Water Systems (Unit 94)
4.4.5 Compressed Air Systems (Unit 92)
4.4.6 Nitrogen Systems (Unit 96)
4.4.7 Offplot Utilities (Unit 99)

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FIRE PRODUCTION AND SAFETY

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5.1

General

81

5.2

Fire Water Supply

81

5.2.1

Fire Water Main System

82

5.2.2

Fire Water Hydrants

82

5.2.3

Water Monitors

83

5.2.4

Fixed Water Spray System

84

5.2.5

Foam Systems

84

5.2.6

Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems

84

5.2.7

Indoor Fire Protection

85

5.2.8

Fire Station

86

5.2.9

Fire Brigade Equipment

86

5.2.10

Personnel Protection

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DESCRIPTION

2.1

Shareholders

2.2

Block Flow Diagram of LNG Production

2.3

Operations Group

2.4

Process Organigram

2.5

Maintenance Organigram

3.1

Offshore Facilities

3.2

Production Facilities

4.1

Onshore Plot Plan

4.2

Process Flow Block Diagram

4.3

Block Diagram of Inlet Reception

4.4

Inlet Separation Process Flow

4.5

Offgas Compression

4.6

Mercury Removal

4.7

Acid Gas Removal

4.8

Dehydration

4.9

Gas Chilling Liquefaction

4.10

Propane Refrigeration

4.11

Fractionation

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4.12

Nitrogen Rejection

4.13

Sulphur Recovery

4.14

LNG Storage Tank

4.15

LNG Storage and Loading

4.16

Condensate Storage and Loading

4.17

Water Systems

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