Recommendations for the Design and Assessment of Marine Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Terminals.

Submarine and floating pipelines from sea island or nearshore mooring terminals to shore are also included, where such pipelines convey oil products or high-pressure gas. However, detailed guidance on subsea cryogenic pipelines and floating cryogenic hoses are excluded from the scope of the document.

Nearshore MOGPTs that are connected to shore via subsea pipeline or trestle are included in the scope of this document. Such nearshore MOGPTs may consist of sea islands (including gravity-based structures), single point moorings, multi-point moorings, and spread moorings. Offshore deepwater platforms and floating facilities such as floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs), where there is no shore connection, are beyond the scope of this document.

It is important to note that for LNG terminals this document is intended to focus on mid to large-scale terminals. Small-scale terminals such as LNG Bunkering Terminals are covered in detail in PIANC Report No. 172-2016, which also references this document such that the two documents provide consistent guidelines. PIANC Report No. 172-2016 also covers other small-scale LNG terminals handling vessels of approximately 20,000 m³ storage capacity or less, but only when conventionally moored.

All nearshore and at-shore Floating LNG terminals are covered by this document, whether import or export, as long as the terminal is connected to shore via subsea pipeline, floating pipeline or trestle.

Nearshore terminals using single point moorings (SPM), multi-point moorings (MPM) and spread moorings of various types are included in the scope of this document. This document is limited to providing guidance leading to the decision of the type of SPM or MPM mooring to consider for a particular installation. PIANC Report 200-2022 provides guidance on the design of such terminals, once the type selection has been made.

Scope of Document: The guidelines provided in this document focus primarily on the marine terminal infrastructure,. Site selection and concept selection are included in the scope of the document. The marine terminal infrastructure includes everything from the ship/shore interface to the foreshore area of the terminal. The ship/shore interface includes both jetties and nearshore floating vessels and their connection to the foreshore area. The foreshore area often includes the control room, electrical power supply and distribution, lighting, pig launcher/receiver, parking, security infrastructure, and related facilities. In addition, the scope of the document includes subsea pipelines, navigation and approach channel, turning basin and manoeuvring and operational areas, which are covered primarily by reference to other established guidance documents on these topics.

Excluded from the scope of this document are the onshore facilities beyond the foreshore, such as the tank farm, onshore pipeline, pumping equipment, and process-related facilities.

The battery limits included in the scope will vary by project and it is recommended that a responsibility matrix be developed for each project to define the responsibilities of each party involved in the design, as well as all the interface points.