Trelleborg at Rio Oil and Gas Conference in Brazil

Trelleborg will present an extended range of subsea solutions, including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials, subsea seals and LNG hoses, at the Rio Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions and Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, located together in Pavilion 1 on stands B3 and B5, will showcase a number of subsea innovations including its portfolio of thermal insulation solutions, Vikotherm™, Multi-Contact Turcon® Variseal® and LNG tandem offloading hoses.

Trelleborg’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) tandem offloading system offers increased safety and flexibility with less downtime offshore. Tandem offloading, where vessels line up stern to bow, allows vessels to keep more distance between them (328 feet / 100 meter distance between FLNG and LNGC or more) and more easily cope with greater wave heights. This significantly limits the risk of collision between the two vessels, enhancing safety, but also greatly simplifies naval operations in approach, berthing and residence.

Vincent Lagarrigue, Global LNG Manager within Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, comments: “Moving LNG production to an offshore setting can present serious challenges for the offshore oil and gas industry, particularly in the design and construction of a Floating Liquid Natural gas (FLNG) plant. FLNG facilities need to maintain the utmost levels of safety and ensure flexibility of LNG production, while withstanding the effects of winds, waves and currents in the open seas.”

“With prospective FLNG locations moving away from these ‘mild’ areas, to sites where environmental factors are more severe, conventional marine loading arms simply do not perform well, potentially causing shut-down in poor weather conditions,” said Lagarrigue.

Press Release, September 10, 2014; Image: Trelleborg