1. LNG Safety Deal:
public private partnership for knowledge
building and sharing on LNG safety aspects
Jarno Dakhorst | Netherlands Standardization Institute
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2. Context
Clean Power for Transport
package
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Fueland application Coverage Timings
LNG at maritime ports Ports of the TEN-T core network by end 2025
LNG at inland ports Ports of the TEN-T core network by end 2030
LNG for heavy-duty vehicles Appropriate numberof points along the
TEN-T core network
by end 2025
Green Deal Rhine & Wadden
• 50 sea-going vessels
• 50 barges
• 500 trucks
on LNG in 2015

3. Dutch LNG Safety Programme
Key figures
• Initiative: Nationaal LNG Platform
• Mission: Introduction of LNG as fuel for transport
without jeopardising safety
• Objective: Knowledge building on small-scale LNG
• Participants: Public private partnership with experts
from industry, research institutions, government and
emergency responders
• Duration: January 2014 – December 2015
• Financing: Industrial partners and ministries
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4. Dutch LNG Safety Programme
Objective: knowledge building
Programme should provide a scientific basis for:
• Regulations
– risk and effect distances outside property lines of LNG facilities
(“BEVI”, SAFETI-NL)
– safety requirements within property lines of LNG facilities (PGS 33)
– transport ("Basic Network“, RBMII)
• Standards
– nationally through NEN
– internationally through CEN (Europe) and ISO (global)
• Guidelines/protocols
– for organizations responding to emergencies
– for organizations granting permits
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5. Dutch LNG Safety Programme
Organisation
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Commissioning party
Decision making
Project management
Technical advice
Research

6. LNG Safety Deal
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7. Dutch LNG Safety Programme
Results
• Deliverables include:
– BAT study: overview of best available technologies
– HAZID study: recommendations and follow-up regarding
identified possible hazards
– Results of testing heat load resistance of LNG storage tanks
– Results of testing LNG transfer systems (hoses)
– Emergency response: attention and protocol sheets, guidance
for safety advisors involved in permitting, and study about
training and practicing for fire brigade
– RIVM LNG safety programme: study about failure frequencies
LNG transfer systems and double-walled LNG storage tanks,
evaluation protocol for effectiveness repressive ESD systems
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8. Dutch LNG Safety Programme
Conclusions
• Some general conclusions:
– HAZID studies delivered credible incident scenarios and 158
recommendations that have been followed up or will be
– Double-walled vacuum cryogenic storage tanks did not fail
after 2 hours of exposure to 75 kW/m2 external heat load
– LNG (composite) hoses will leak before burst
– Development of ‘no regret’ interim policy for LNG permit
producers with (now) validated assumptions
– Water screen of very fine droplets (water fog) can effectively
protect direct vicinity, leaving pool fire to continue till all LNG
has been burnt
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9. Web portal safeLNG.nl
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About the programme
Results
About LNG
Partners

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jarno.dakhorst@nen.nl
+31 6 33 334 671 or +31 15 2 690 245
@jarnodakhorst
https://nl.linkedin.com/in/jarnodakhorst
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