START-UP PREPERATIONS AT HAMMERFEST LNG

START-UP PREPERATIONS AT HAMMERFEST LNG
- A FRONTIER PROJECT IN THE NORTHERN EUROPE -
Arkhangelsk 14-15 Sept 2010
Thomas A. Mølmann, Simulatorinstructor
Knut Larsen, Teamleader
Hammerfest LNG, Statoil ASA
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2010-09-09
Snøhvit – a pioneer project
The first production facility for LNG in Norway and Europe
The first offshore project in the Barents Sea
The largest-ever industrial development in northern Norway
New technology
New markets
New operation organisation
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Snøhvit facts
Discovered:
1981 – 84
Water depth:
250 – 340 m
Distance to shore:
140 km
Gas in place (GIIP):
317 GSm3
Condensate:
34 MSm3
Owners:
Statoil ASA (Operator)
33.53%
Petoro AS
30.00%
Total E&P Norge AS
18.40%
GDF Suez Norge AS
12.00%
Hess Norge AS
3.26%
RWE Dea Norge AS
2.81%
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Initially we used other oil & gas facilities to train
staff (2003)
• 80 operators of whom 21 work in the Central Control Room (CCR)
• The operators had various backgrounds when they were employed and therefore
needed a lot of process training.
• The operators were temporary based at different plants to learn
about oil and gas processes such as:
– LNG plants (around the world)
– Statoil refinery
– Statoil Offshore facilities
– Statoil Gas facilities
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Snøhvit operator training at Melkøya (2005)
• In parallel with mechanical completion and plant commissioning, the training was executed
in three parts:
– Systems training, including “On the Job Training” (OJT)
– Simulator training
– Vendor courses
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On the Job Training (OJT)
• Routines and procedures for normal operation
• Practical part of systems training
• Practical tasks in the plant
• System competence test
• The OJT was executed by external consultants
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Simulator Training
Few of the Snøhvit operators had LNG experience.
The dynamic simulator was used for developing process skills.
• Two weeks course for all operators
• Three weeks advanced course for
CCR operators
• The training included:
– Process and control logic
understanding
– Normal operation
– Process start-up and shut-down
– Handling of unplanned
situations
– Emergency training
The engineering simulator was and is also used for verification of process
design, control strategy and safety systems
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Vendor courses
• ABB
• Linde
• Siemens
etc
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Special knowledge - important for the future
Collaboration with:
• EnergiCampus North
• Bodø University
• Hammerfest upper secondary school
– Business in the High North
• University of Tromsø
– Geology /process
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– Engineer education
– Process/chemistry
• Stangnes upper secondary school
– Well technology
Snøhvit – manpower pr. 01.09.2010
 Total - 306 Statoil employees,
 15,2 % female
 Average age 36,2 year
 Hammerfest
245 employees
 Living in North-Norway
38 employees
 Other parts of Norway
23 employees
 8 Snøhvit-employees in Harstad is included
(Geologist)
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2010-09-09
Thanks to successful training, Zero Harm!
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