The breakthrough technology of

Electric Marine Loading Arm

TechnipFMC & Shell co-development

Gastech Tokyo – Japan

Co – Authors:
David Thomson. Principal Marine Facilities Advisor.
Shell Trading and Shipping Co.
Eric Morilhat, Strategy Director,
TechnipFMC - Loading Systems,
April 6th, 2017
Introduction

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Driving value for clients
Accelerate and integrate
technology innovations

Unlock possibilities to
transform project economics

Develop better integrated

offerings across all operations

Company profile
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TechnipFMC in figures
Operation and management

2
Installation
$17B
Maintain production,
21
increase recovery

Stock Exchange Total company Vessels(2)

listings – NYSE market capitalization(1) Plug and
and Euronext Paris abandonment

48 $16B 44,000
Countries of Total company Employees
operations Backlog(3)

Footnotes:
(1) Source: Public market quote from Bloomberg, LLP; Combination of market capitalization of FMC Technologies and Technip as of Jan 6, 2016; EUR/USD exchange rate of 1.05361 as of Jan 6,
2017.
(2) With tour vessels under construction.
(3) Backlog as of Sep 30, 2016 (FMC Technologies: $3.02 billion; Technip: €12,28 billion), EUR/USD exchange rate of 1.09072 as of Oct 28, 2016; Source: individual company data as found in the

European Prospectus filed on Jan 13, 2017

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Broadest portfolio of solutions for the
Our commitments
production and transformation of oil and gas
Subsea Onshore/Offshore Surface

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Loading Systems in figures
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Filed Patents

60
Years of expertise &
presence

24/48
Responsive
Service mindset

10,000 300+ 198,000

Marine Loading
Employees Sqm main plant
Arms delivered
in Sens
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 TechnipFMC Loading Systems in the market

Onshore LNG FSRU Exposed & Harsh Petrochemical Small Scale LNG
MARKETS
terminal Offshore LNG products / LNG Bunkering

SOLUTIONS

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Context & Objectives

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Context

Hydraulic systems have been to be

the most cost effective power for the
last 50 years, however…

Current performance chain of the

hydraulic system:

Could not it be more efficient?

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Context

As a major actor of the gas industry, Shell operates

multiple LNG/LPG terminals around the world
equipped with TechnipFMC loading arms:
• 58 LNG/LPG onshore loading arms
• 7 LNG/LPG offshore loading arms
• 1 LNG vessel mounted bunkering arm

Lessons learnt from Marine Loading Arms

operations highlight that the hydraulic systems are
the first source of maintenance interventions on
Marine Loading Arms
Selector valves Hydraulic Power Unit
assembly (1 per arm) (shared between arms)

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Objectives
TechnipFMC Loading Systems and Shell launched a joint development
program in 2013 to design and qualify a fully electric marine loading arm, with the
objectives of:
1. Drastically reduce the OPEX

2. Simplify and improve reliability & availability

3. Eliminate risks of pollution

(no hydraulic oil)

4. Open doors to predictive maintenance

(Health monitoring)
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Electric Marine Loading Arm
development

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Development challenges

• Define a cost effective electric architecture,

maximizing components in safe area,
• Identify the most appropriate actuator
technology (unit cost, weight, TRL, qualification
cost),
• Provide a fully explosion proof system,
• Ensure reversibility of the actuators for
freewheel mode,
• Review the electric potential management of
traditional loading arms (linked to the
difference of electric potential between the ship
& the shore).
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Development outputs (1/3)

The electric marine loading arm design uses exclusively

field proven technology and components:

1. Reversible actuators :
• Fully passive once connected thanks to the free wheeling
capability
• ATEX certified
• Unique smoothness of operation thanks to variable speed
actuators
• Minimized maintenance,

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Development outputs (2/3)

The electric marine loading arm design uses exclusively

field proven technology and components:

2. Emergency Release System:

• Unchanged design principle -> hydraulic cylinder replaced
by an electric actuator, keeping a mechanical interlock
between valves closing and PERC opening,
• Single actuator with sensor with SIL2 capability

3. Quick Connect / Disconnect Coupler:

• Unchanged design principle
• Single actuator with sensor
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Development outputs (3/3)

The electric marine loading arm design uses exclusively

field proven technology and components:
4. Field proven actuator drives associated with filters
and inductors,

5. Standard UPS for redundancy of power supply for

ESD as per code requirements,

6. Isolation transformers selected to ensure the The novelty is limited

electrical insulation to the electric
architecture

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Qualification and tests

• Prototype testing of actuators:

 Normal & Emergency Driving Test,
 Reversibility Test (‘‘Freewheel mode’’),
 Long life test

• Prototype testing of the Quick Connect

/Disconnect Coupler (As per EN1474-1)
 Strength tests at ambient and cryogenic
temperatures,
 Release performance tests at ambient and
cryogenic, temperatures
 Long life test

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Qualification and tests

• Prototype testing of the Emergency Release

System (As per EN1474-1):
 Functional and operation tests at cryogenic temperature
 Release performance tests at ambient and cryogenic
temperatures
 Multi-cycles test campaign
 Fire test on electric actuator fire protection

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Application and Benefits

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Application & Benefits
• The full range of offloading solutions
has been studied and is elected to be
electrically powered,

• Applicable for retrofit of hydraulically

powered loading arms,

• Benefits of the integration to the jetty

(or FLNG / FSRU) topsides
arrangement:
• Shared UPS
• Shared local control room
• Etc…

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Application & Benefits

Cost analysis – CAPEX:

• Electric actuators are more expensive than hydraulic cylinders / motors
• But counterbalanced by savings on auxiliaries installed on the jetty:
• No more hydraulic power unit, selector assemblies, accumulator pack, hydraulic routing on site,
flushing, etc…
• Replaced by actuator drives and UPS (potentially shared)

Cost analysis – OPEX:

• Higher reliability of electric actuators and electric components,
• Eliminate the need for complex in-situ hydraulic troubleshooting,
• 30% estimated savings on maintenance costs,
• Potential for higher saving thanks to predictive maintenance capabilities

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Conclusions

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Conclusions
 Recognized as a major breakthrough in the Loading Arms technology by
our partner Shell,

 The Electric Marine Loading Arm is the game changer for the loading arm
industry to answer the market cost saving expectations:
• Significant savings on OPEX
• High reliability and availability
• Greener

 Importance of being involved at early stage of the project to rise up savings

on CAPEX.

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Thanks for your attention