Yokogawa training system for Norway LNG plant

London - Yokogawa Norway has received an order to supply an operator training system  (OTS) for a natural gas liquefaction plant that is being built in Tananger (near Stavanger), Norway. The order was placed with Yokogawa by Skangass AS, a joint venture between the Norwegian utility Lyse Gass and the finance firm Celsius Invest.

The OTS comprises a OmegaLand simulation engine and a safety and automation system (SAS) made up of the Centum VP Integrated Production Control System and the ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System. The contract was awarded in May 2009 and the installation of the OTS will be completed in November 2009.

The new LNG facility will have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes that will be supplied to customers throughout Scandinavia and the Baltic region beginning in 2010. The plant will employ an energy-efficient liquefaction process developed by Linde, that will feature much lower emissions than comparable facilities.

The OTS will use the same SAS as the actual plant, with identical graphics and alarm behaviour. This high-fidelity model of the LNG liquefaction process will behave exactly like the actual plant and allow plant upsets and equipment malfunctions to be simulated in an offline environment. This makes it possible for operators to repeat training so that they are always prepared for such situations.