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WEAVERS COVE ENERGY OFFSHORE BERTH PROJECT

Resource Report 13

January 2009


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WEAVER'S COVE ENERGY OFFSHORE BERTH PROJECTWeaver's Cove Energy, LLC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Matrix Identifying Location of Responses to FERC Staff Comments

13.0 RESOURCE REPORT 13............................................................................................13-113.1 FACILITY DESCRIPTION................................................................................13-1

13.1.1 Owner, operator and principal contractors.......................................13-313.1.2 Location and site information...........................................................13-313.1.3 LNG receiving terminal; source and market for product..................13-313.1.4 LNG receiving terminal; storage, import and sendout capacities and

conditions.........................................................................................13-3 13.1.5 Base load liquefaction; source of feed gas and market for product.13-313.1.6 Base load liquefaction; capacities of feed gas, pretreatment,

liquefaction, fractionation products ..................................................13-313.1.7 Base load liquefaction; storage, product shipping and sendout

capacities and conditions.................................................................13-313.1.8 Peak shaving; source of feed gas and market for product...............13-413.1.9 Peak shaving; capacities of feed gas pretreatmentand

liquefaction.......................................................................................13-413.1.10 Peak shaving; storage, vaporization, sendout capacities and conditions

.........................................................................................................13-413.1.11 Satellite; source of LNG and market for sendout.............................13-413.1.12 Satellite; storage, vaporization, sendout capacities and conditions.13-413.1.13 LNG trucking facilities ......................................................................13-413.1.14 List of major systems and components............................................13-413.1.15 Design features................................................................................13-5

13.1.15.1Offshore Berth.................................................................13-513.1.15.2LNG transfer system........................................................13-513.1.15.3Offshore Berth Vapor Generation System.......................13-613.1.15.4Offshore Beth Booster Pump System..............................13-613.1.15.5LNG Tank Design Pressure and Concrete Roof .............13-7

13.1.16 Utilities and services ........................................................................13-713.1.16.1Electrical (Offshore Berth and PiP Transfer System) ......13-713.1.16.2Nitrogen...........................................................................13-7 13.1.16.3Fire Water........................................................................13-713.1.16.4Sanitary...........................................................................13-713.1.16.5Potable Water..................................................................13-713.1.16.6Telecommunications........................................................13-8

13.1.17 Safety features for containment.......................................................13-813.1.18 Safety features for fire protection.....................................................13-813.1.19 Emergency response.......................................................................13-913.1.20 Operating modes ...........................................................................13-1013.1.21 Commissioning and cooldown.......................................................13-1013.1.22 Operation and maintenance...........................................................13-1013.1.23 Staffing structure............................................................................13-1013.1.24 Future plans...................................................................................13-1213.1.25 Drawings........................................................................................13-12

13.1.25.1Area location map..........................................................13-12


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13.1.25.2Site plan.........................................................................13-1213.1.25.3Organizational plan........................................................13-12

13.2 PROJ ECT SCHEDULE ..................................................................................13-1213.3 SITE PLANS...................................................................................................13-13

13.3.1 Site description ..............................................................................13-1313.3.1.1 Location.........................................................................13-13 13.3.1.2 Site development...........................................................13-1313.3.1.3 Soil and site preparation................................................13-1313.3.1.4 Foundations...................................................................13-13 13.3.1.5 Roads............................................................................13-1413.3.1.6 Equipment layout considerations...................................13-1413.3.1.7 Berms and walls ............................................................13-14

13.3.2 Drawings........................................................................................13-1513.3.2.1 Site plans.......................................................................13-1513.3.2.2 Plot plans.......................................................................13-15

13.4 BASIS OF DESIGN ........................................................................................13-1513.4.1 Guarantee conditions.....................................................................13-15

13.4.1.1 Total net storage capacity bbl (m3)................................13-1513.4.1.2 Net storage capacity per tank bbl (m3) ..........................13-1513.4.1.3 Gross capacity per tank bbl (m3) ...................................13-1513.4.1.4 Liquefaction capacity MMscfd.......................................13-1513.4.1.5 LNG export rate MMscfd ...............................................13-1513.4.1.6 Fractionation products rate bbl/h (m3/h)........................13-1613.4.1.7 Maximum vaporization sendout rate MMscfd................13-1613.4.1.8 Minimum vaporization sendout rate MMscfd.................13-1613.4.1.9 Pipeline pressure at maximum sendout rate psig..........13-1613.4.1.10Sparing philosophy for equipment and utilities, list of

operating, standby and backup. ....................................13-1613.4.2 Site conditions................................................................................13-16

13.4.2.1 Site elevations ft............................................................13-1613.4.2.2 Elevation reference NAVD.............................................13-1613.4.2.3 Channel depth ft............................................................13-1613.4.2.4 Channel width ft.............................................................13-1613.4.2.5 Berth depth ft.................................................................13-1613.4.2.6 Tidal range, elevations ft ...............................................13-1713.4.2.7 Normal channel current Kts...........................................13-1713.4.2.8 Maximum channel current Kts.......................................13-1713.4.2.9 Frost line depth ft...........................................................13-17

13.4.3 Emissions.......................................................................................13-17 13.4.3.1 NOx ppm........................................................................13-17 13.4.3.2 CO ppm.........................................................................13-1713.4.3.3 VOC ppm.......................................................................13-1713.4.3.4 PM ppm.........................................................................13-1713.4.3.5 Water discharge restrictions..........................................13-18

13.4.4 Seismic ..........................................................................................13-1813.4.4.1 Maximum considered earthquake design philosophy....13-1813.4.4.2 Systems designed to operating basis

earthquake, OBE ...........................................................13-1813.4.4.3 Systems designed to safe shutdown

earthquake, SSE ...........................................................13-19


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13.4.4.4 Ground motion detection: identify systems that alarm andshutdown.......................................................................13-19

13.4.5 Climatic conditions.........................................................................13-1913.4.5.1 Minimum design temperature F.....................................13-1913.4.5.2 Maximum design temperature F....................................13-1913.4.5.3 Barometric pressure inches Hg (mbar)..........................13-1913.4.5.4 Barometric pressure rate of

change inches Hg/h (mbar/h)........................................13-1913.4.5.5 Wind direction from........................................................13-2013.4.5.6 Design wind speed mph................................................13-2013.4.5.7 Storm surge height ft.....................................................13-2013.4.5.8 Rain fall 100 year storm inches per hour.......................13-2013.4.5.9 Snow load ft...................................................................13-20

13.4.6 Shipping.........................................................................................13-20 13.4.6.1 LNG vessel capacity range m3 ......................................13-20 13.4.6.2 LNG vessel unloading frequency per year ....................13-2113.4.6.3 LNG vessel port time, pilot on to pilot off h....................13-21

13.4.7 Mooring..........................................................................................13-21 13.4.7.1 Number of berths...........................................................13-2113.4.7.2 Turning basin yes/no.....................................................13-2113.4.7.3 J etty (Offshore Berth) yes/no.........................................13-2113.4.7.4 Trestle yes/no................................................................13-2113.4.7.5 Tug services Owned/Leased.........................................13-2213.4.7.6 Tug services Full time/As required................................13-22

13.4.8 LNG cargos....................................................................................13-2213.4.8.1 Source...........................................................................13-2213.4.8.2 LNG specifications, range of conditions........................13-2213.4.8.3 LNG vessel cargo design condition for

unloading and vapor recovery:......................................13-2213.4.8.4 Design cargo equilibrium pressure psig ........................13-22

13.4.9 Unloading.......................................................................................13-22 13.4.10 Feed gas........................................................................................13-2213.4.10.1Source...........................................................................13-2213.4.10.2Natural gas specifications, range of conditions .............13-2213.4.10.3Maximum battery limit pressure psig.............................13-2213.4.10.4Minimum battery limit pressure psig..............................13-23

13.4.11 Pretreatment..................................................................................13-23 13.4.11.1Maximum flow rate to pretreatment MMscfd .................13-2313.4.11.2Minimum flow rate to pretreatment MMscfd ..................13-2313.4.11.3Design pressure to pretreatment psig ...........................13-2313.4.11.4Design temperature to pretreatment F ..........................13-2313.4.11.5Treated gas specifications, range of conditions ............13-2313.4.11.6Maximum pressure to liquefaction psig.........................13-2313.4.11.7Minimum pressure to liquefaction psig ..........................13-2313.4.11.8Design temperature to liquefaction F.............................13-2313.4.11.9Maximum flow rate to liquefaction MMscfd....................13-23

13.4.12 Regeneration gas...........................................................................13-2313.4.12.1Disposal of tail gas ........................................................13-2313.4.12.2Regeneration gas specifications, range of conditions...13-2413.4.12.3Maximum delivery pressure psig...................................13-2413.4.12.4Minimum delivery pressure psig....................................13-24


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13.4.13 Liquefaction....................................................................................13-24 13.4.13.1LNG to storage; specifications, range of conditions ......13-2413.4.13.2Net LNG to storage; specifications,

range of conditions........................................................13-2413.4.13.3Condenser outlet temperature F....................................13-2413.4.13.4Cooling water temperature F .........................................13-2413.4.13.5Air temperature F...........................................................13-2413.4.13.6Liquefaction outlet temperature F..................................13-2413.4.13.7Liquefaction outlet pressure psig...................................13-2413.4.13.8Net LNG to storage MMscfd..........................................13-24

13.4.14 Fractionation products ...................................................................13-2413.4.14.1Fractionation products; specifications,

range of conditions........................................................13-2513.4.14.2Product flow rate bbl/h (m3/h)........................................13-2513.4.14.3Product outlet temperature F .........................................13-2513.4.14.4Product outlet pressure psig..........................................13-2513.4.14.5Product storage pressure psig.......................................13-25

13.4.15 Storage ..........................................................................................13-2513.4.15.1Type of tank...................................................................13-2513.4.15.2Foundation.....................................................................13-25 13.4.15.3Secondary containment.................................................13-2513.4.15.4Number of tanks............................................................13-2513.4.15.5Gross capacity per tank bbl (m3) ...................................13-2613.4.15.6Working capacity per tank bbl (m3)................................13-26 13.4.15.7Design pressure psig.....................................................13-2613.4.15.8Design vacuum inches H2O..........................................13-2613.4.15.9Working pressure psig...................................................13-2613.4.15.10 Specific gravity..........................................................13-2613.4.15.11 Boiloff rate percent (%) per day................................13-26

13.4.16 Tank pumps ...................................................................................13-2613.4.16.1Type of pump. In-tank, or pot mounted.........................13-2713.4.16.2Number of pumps operating and spare.........................13-2713.4.16.3Design flow rate gpm (m3/h)..........................................13-2713.4.16.4Head at rated flow ft......................................................13-2713.4.16.5Head at shutoff ft...........................................................13-2713.4.16.6Maximum LNG specific gravity......................................13-2713.4.16.7Shutoff pressure psig.....................................................13-2713.4.16.8Rated and design specific gravity..................................13-27

13.4.17 Sendout pumps..............................................................................13-2713.4.17.1Type of pump(s) ............................................................13-2713.4.17.2Number of pumps operating and spare.........................13-2813.4.17.3Design flow rate gpm (m3/h)..........................................13-2813.4.17.4Head at rated flow ft......................................................13-2813.4.17.5Head at shutoff ft...........................................................13-2813.4.17.6Maximum LNG specific gravity......................................13-2813.4.17.7Shutoff pressure psig.....................................................13-2813.4.17.8Rated and design specific gravity..................................13-28

13.4.18 Vaporizers......................................................................................13-28 13.4.18.1Vaporizer type...............................................................13-2813.4.18.2Vaporizers operating and spare ....................................13-2813.4.18.3Emission control............................................................13-29


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13.4.18.4Design flow rate each MMscfd ......................................13-2913.4.18.5Design heat rate each MMbtu/h ....................................13-2913.4.18.6Design pressure psig.....................................................13-2913.4.18.7Design discharge pressure psig....................................13-2913.4.18.8Design discharge temperature F ...................................13-29

13.4.19 Gas liquid removal.........................................................................13-2913.4.19.1Process..........................................................................13-2913.4.19.2Throughput capacity MMscfd ........................................13-2913.4.19.3Column operating pressure psig....................................13-2913.4.19.4Column design pressure psig........................................13-29

13.4.20 Btu adjustment...............................................................................13-3013.4.20.1Process..........................................................................13-3013.4.20.2Throughput capacity MMscfd ........................................13-3013.4.20.3Pipeline Btu and composition specification ...................13-30

13.4.21 Battery limit....................................................................................13-3013.4.21.1Design flow rate MMscfd...............................................13-3013.4.21.2Maximum pressure vaporizer outlet psig.......................13-3013.4.21.3Pipeline maximum allowable operating pressure psig...13-3013.4.21.4Maximum allowable pipeline temperature F ..................13-3013.4.21.5Minimum allowable pipeline temperature F ...................13-30

13.4.22 Vapor handling...............................................................................13-3013.4.23 Vent stacks ....................................................................................13-30

13.4.23.1Vent type .......................................................................13-3013.4.23.2Vent sources and rates..................................................13-3113.4.23.3Maximum flow to vent MMscfd, MWt, F, psig................13-31

13.4.24 Flares.............................................................................................13-3113.4.24.1Flare type.......................................................................13-3113.4.24.2Flare sources and rates.................................................13-3113.4.24.3Maximum flow to flare MMscfd, MWt, F, psig................13-31

13.4.25 Fuel gas .........................................................................................13-3113.4.25.1Source...........................................................................13-3113.4.25.2Flow rate MMscfd, MWt, F, psig....................................13-3113.4.25.3Pressure levels psig......................................................13-3113.4.25.4Minimum temperature at pressure levels F @ psig.......13-3113.4.25.5Design temperature at pressure levels F @ psig ..........13-3113.4.25.6Odorized yes/no............................................................13-32

13.4.26 LNG Trucking.................................................................................13-3213.4.26.1Number of trucks per year.............................................13-3213.4.26.2Number of trucks per day loading..................................13-3213.4.26.3Number of trucks per day unloading..............................13-3213.4.26.4LNG unloading rate usgpm............................................13-3213.4.26.5LNG truck fill rate usgpm...............................................13-32

13.4.27 Electrical ........................................................................................13-3213.4.28 Control Instrumentation..................................................................13-3213.4.28.1Design of Distributed Control System

(DCS) manufacturer......................................................13-3213.4.28.2Control system software supplier..................................13-3213.4.28.3Safety instrumentation system type...............................13-32

13.4.29 Instrument air.................................................................................13-3313.4.29.1Compressors type .........................................................13-3313.4.29.2Drying system type........................................................13-33


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13.4.29.3Flow rate scfm...............................................................13-3313.4.29.4Pressure psig.................................................................13-33

13.4.30 Plant air..........................................................................................13-3313.4.30.1Compressors type .........................................................13-3313.4.30.2Flow rate scfm...............................................................13-3313.4.30.3Pressure psig.................................................................13-33

13.4.31 Inert gas.........................................................................................13-3313.4.31.1Source...........................................................................13-3313.4.31.2Flow rate scfm...............................................................13-3313.4.31.3Pressure psig.................................................................13-34

13.4.32 Nitrogen (Offshore Berth)...............................................................13-3413.4.32.1Source...........................................................................13-3413.4.32.2Liquid nitrogen storage capacity usg.............................13-3413.4.32.3Flow rate scfm...............................................................13-3413.4.32.4Pressure psig.................................................................13-34

13.4.33 Fire water (Offshore Berth) ............................................................13-3413.4.33.1Source mains/storage/other (Offshore Berth)................13-3413.4.33.2Pump and driver type (Offshore Berth)..........................13-3413.4.33.3Pump rated capacity usgpm, hp, psig (Offshore Berth).13-3513.4.33.4Pumps operating and standby (Offshore Berth)............13-3513.4.33.5Make up water source (Offshore Berth) ........................13-3513.4.33.6Make up water available flow rate

usgpm (Offshore Berth).................................................13-3513.4.33.7Make up water available pressure

psig (Offshore Berth).....................................................13-3513.4.33.8Fire water storage type and capacity

usg (Offshore Berth)......................................................13-3513.4.33.9Fire water design flow rate usgpm (Offshore Berth)......13-3513.4.33.10 Fire water supply pressure psig (Offshore Berth) .....13-3513.4.33.11 Fire water nozzle pressure psig (Offshore Berth) .....13-35

13.4.34 Cooling water.................................................................................13-3513.4.34.1Source...........................................................................13-3513.4.34.2Available flow rate usgpm..............................................13-3513.4.34.3Delivery pressure psig...................................................13-3513.4.34.4Return pressure psig.....................................................13-3613.4.34.5Maximum temperature F ...............................................13-3613.4.34.6Minimum temperature F ................................................13-3613.4.34.7Design temperature F....................................................13-36

13.4.35 Hydrotest water..............................................................................13-3613.4.35.1Source...........................................................................13-3613.4.35.2Available flow rate usgpm..............................................13-3613.4.35.3Pressure psig.................................................................13-36

13.4.36 Utility water ....................................................................................13-3613.4.36.1Source...........................................................................13-3613.4.36.2Flow rate usgpm............................................................13-3613.4.36.3Pressure psig.................................................................13-36

13.4.37 Fire protection................................................................................13-3713.4.37.1Fire protection service (Offshore Berth) ........................13-37

13.4.38 Site security ...................................................................................13-3713.5 MAJ OR PROCESS SYSTEMS ......................................................................13-37

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13.5.1.1 Dock mooring arrangement and turning basin, offshoreberth/trestle, dock..........................................................13-37

13.5.1.2 Marine facility spacing...................................................13-3813.5.1.3 LNG vessel size, transfer design rates and pressure....13-3813.5.1.4 Unloading platform........................................................13-3813.5.1.5 Unloading arm and piping design conditions.................13-3913.5.1.6 Piping design.................................................................13-3913.5.1.7 Vent and blow down design...........................................13-4013.5.1.8 Platform details..............................................................13-4013.5.1.9 Platform, dock and offshore berth fire protection...........13-4013.5.1.10Security provisions ........................................................13-4013.5.1.11Operating and safety systems.......................................13-4013.5.1.12Drawings........................................................................13-40

13.5.2 Unloading.......................................................................................13-41 13.5.3 Feed gas pretreatment...................................................................13-41

13.5.3.1 Pipeline conditions and battery limit meteringand regulation................................................................13-41

13.5.3.2 Feed gas flow rates and composition variations............13-4113.5.3.3 Carbon dioxide removal system....................................13-4113.5.3.4 Water removal system...................................................13-4113.5.3.5 Removal of other impurities...........................................13-4213.5.3.6 Regeneration heating and cooling.................................13-4213.5.3.7 Disposal of regeneration gas and liquids.......................13-42

13.5.4 Liquefaction....................................................................................13-42 13.5.4.1 Liquefaction process......................................................13-4213.5.4.2 Liquefaction equipment and operating conditions.........13-4213.5.4.3 Refrigerant exchangers and mid point heavy

hydrocarbon Removal ...................................................13-4213.5.4.4 Refrigerant compressors and drivers ............................13-4213.5.4.5 Cooling system..............................................................13-4213.5.4.6 Refrigerant production and specifications .....................13-4213.5.4.7 Refrigerant storage........................................................13-4213.5.4.8 Refrigerant loading........................................................13-42

13.5.5 Fractionation, base load liquefaction .............................................13-4313.5.5.1 Demethanizer................................................................13-4313.5.5.2 Deethanizer...................................................................13-4313.5.5.3 Depropanizer.................................................................13-43 13.5.5.4 Debutanizer...................................................................13-4313.5.5.5 Refrigerant manufacture................................................13-4313.5.5.6 Ethane product specification, storage and export.........13-4313.5.5.7 Propane product specification, storage and export.......13-4313.5.5.8 Butane product specification, storage and export.........13-4313.5.5.9 C5 plus product specification, storage and export.........13-4313.5.6 Vapor handling...............................................................................13-43

13.5.7 LNG Sendout system.....................................................................13-4313.5.7.1 Low pressure LNG pumps, minimum flow, low pressure

LNG recycle systems from high pressurepump suction.................................................................13-43

13.5.7.2 Inter tank LNG transfer systems....................................13-4413.5.7.3 Unloading line cooling ...................................................13-44


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13.5.7.4 High pressure LNG pumps, pump vessel vent system,minimum flow recycle....................................................13-44

13.5.7.5 LNG vaporization...........................................................13-4413.5.7.6 LNG vaporizer heating system......................................13-4413.5.7.7 Emissions control requirements and system.................13-4413.5.7.8 Generated water handing/disposal system...................13-4413.5.7.9 Gas liquid removal LNG receiving terminals .................13-4413.5.7.10Fractionation system.....................................................13-4413.5.7.11Equipment design features............................................13-4413.5.7.12Operating considerations...............................................13-4513.5.7.13Startup and shutdown conditions ..................................13-4513.5.7.14On site product storage.................................................13-4513.5.7.15Product sendout............................................................13-45

13.5.8 Gas Liquid Removal.......................................................................13-4513.5.8.1 Fractionation system.....................................................13-4513.5.8.2 Equipment design features............................................13-4513.5.8.3 Operating considerations...............................................13-4513.5.8.4 Start-up and shut-down conditions................................13-4513.5.8.5 On-site product storage.................................................13-4513.5.8.6 Product sendout............................................................13-45

13.5.9 Btu adjustment...............................................................................13-4513.5.9.1 Btu adjustment requirements.........................................13-4513.5.9.2 Btu adjustment system..................................................13-4613.5.9.3 Equipment design features............................................13-4613.5.9.4 Operating considerations...............................................13-4613.5.9.5 Startup and shutdown conditions ..................................13-46

13.5.10 Vent and flare systems ..................................................................13-4613.5.10.1Vent system...................................................................13-4613.5.10.2Flare system..................................................................13-46

13.5.11 Pressure relief................................................................................13-4613.5.11.1LNG relief valve discharge............................................13-4613.5.11.2Hydrocarbon liquid relief valve discharge......................13-4713.5.11.3Cryogenic flammable vapor relief valve discharge........13-4713.5.11.4Non-cryogenic flammable vapor relief valve discharge.13-4713.5.11.5Non-flammable relief valve discharge ...........................13-47

13.5.12 Sendout metering...........................................................................13-4713.5.12.1Meter station..................................................................13-4713.5.12.2Metering system............................................................13-4713.5.12.3Pipeline (Mill River Pipeline)..........................................13-47

13.5.13 LNG product loading marine..........................................................13-4813.5.13.1LNG product analysis ....................................................13-4813.5.13.2LNG product measurement...........................................13-4813.5.13.3LNG loading pumps.......................................................13-4813.5.13.4Loading arms.................................................................13-4813.5.13.5Vapor return handling....................................................13-4813.5.13.6Control and shutdown....................................................13-4813.5.13.7Safety features ..............................................................13-48

13.5.14 LNG product loading and unloading trucking.................................13-4813.5.14.1LNG truck stations.........................................................13-4813.5.14.2LNG truck weighing.......................................................13-4813.5.14.3LNG truck loading system.............................................13-48


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13.5.14.4LNG truck unloading system.........................................13-4913.5.14.5Vapor handling..............................................................13-4913.5.14.6Method of operation.......................................................13-4913.5.14.7Safety features ..............................................................13-49

13.5.15 Commissioning plan.......................................................................13-4913.5.15.1Commissioning plan summary......................................13-4913.5.15.2Mechanical completion verification and sign off............13-4913.5.15.3Pre-commissioning activities .........................................13-4913.5.15.4Commissioning..............................................................13-49

13.6 LNG STORAGE TANKS.................................................................................13-5013.6.1 LNG tank........................................................................................13-5013.6.2 Tank foundation.............................................................................13-5013.6.3 Insulation systems .........................................................................13-5013.6.4 Piping support system....................................................................13-5013.6.5 Spill containment and protection....................................................13-5013.6.6 Tank level gauging and overfill protection......................................13-5013.6.7 Tank pressure measurement and control......................................13-5013.6.8 Cooldown sensors .........................................................................13-5013.6.9 Leak detection instrumentation......................................................13-5113.6.10 Assessment for rollover and site specific guidelines

for prevention of rollover................................................................13-5113.6.11 Basis of design...............................................................................13-5113.6.12 LNG tank siting diagram................................................................13-5113.6.13 Design considerations, basis and calculations for

sizing pressure and vacuum relief valves ......................................13-5113.6.14 Instrument list.................................................................................13-5113.6.15 LNG tank drawings with dimensions..............................................13-51

13.6.15.1Overall tank drawing with dimensions and design data.13-5113.6.15.2Foundations...................................................................13-52 13.6.15.3Elevation section ...........................................................13-5213.6.15.4Insulation systems.........................................................13-5213.6.15.5Corner thermal protection..............................................13-5213.6.15.6Piping penetrations and schedule of openings..............13-5213.6.15.7Piping support structure.................................................13-5213.6.15.8Roof spill containment and protection ...........................13-5213.6.15.9Tank base spill protection..............................................13-5213.6.15.10 Top and bottom fill piping..........................................13-5313.6.15.11 In-tank pump column and support arrangement.......13-5313.6.15.12 Relief valve and discharge orientation......................13-5313.6.15.13 Temperature sensor locations...................................13-5313.6.15.14 Undertank heating.....................................................13-5313.6.15.15 Cathodic protection...................................................13-5313.6.15.16 LNG level and density instruments ...........................13-5313.6.15.17 Temperature sensors................................................13-53

13.7 UTILITIES.......................................................................................................13-5313.7.1 Instrument air.................................................................................13-5313.7.2 Plant air..........................................................................................13-5413.7.3 Nitrogen .........................................................................................13-5413.7.4 Service water.................................................................................13-5413.7.5 Chemical treatment........................................................................13-5413.7.6 Other utilities..................................................................................13-54


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13.8 EQUIPMENT DATA .......................................................................................13-5413.8.1 Equipment list with design conditions (Offshore Berth) .................13-5513.8.2 Equipment data (Offshore Berth)...................................................13-55

13.9 INSTRUMENTATION.....................................................................................13-5513.10 SAFETY INSTRUMENTATION......................................................................13-55

13.10.1 Description of the SIS ....................................................................13-5513.10.2 SIS components.............................................................................13-5513.10.3 Communication and control power ................................................13-5513.10.4 Backup power supply.....................................................................13-5513.10.5 ESD system...................................................................................13-5513.10.6 Drawings and tables ......................................................................13-56

13.10.6.1SIS block diagram.........................................................13-5613.10.6.2Cause and effect diagrams for alarm, shutdown

and hazard control activation, with set points................13-5613.11 ELECTRICAL .................................................................................................13-5613.12 FUEL GAS......................................................................................................13-56

13.12.1 Description of fuel gas system.......................................................13-5613.12.2 Drawings........................................................................................13-56

13.12.2.1Plans showing piping and equipment layout.................13-5613.13 SPILL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS ................................................................13-5713.13.1 Description of spill containment systems.......................................13-57

13.13.1.1LNG storage (main area and sub impoundments) ........13-5713.13.1.2Fractionation product storage........................................13-5713.13.1.3Refrigerant storage........................................................13-5713.13.1.4LNG unloading...............................................................13-5713.13.1.5LNG trucking facilities....................................................13-5713.13.1.6Process areas................................................................13-5713.13.1.7Storm water drainage....................................................13-5713.13.1.8Storm water removal .....................................................13-5713.13.1.9LNG transfer lines..........................................................13-58

13.13.2 Drawings........................................................................................13-5813.13.2.1Plot plans showing spill containment systems, and theequipment served by each system, including drainage.13-58

13.13.2.2Spill containment sections and details...........................13-5813.13.2.3Vapor dispersion limits ..................................................13-5813.13.2.4Thermal radiation isopleths ...........................................13-58

13.14 HAZARD DETECTION SYSTEMS.................................................................13-5913.14.1 Description of hazard detection systems .......................................13-5913.14.2 Description of hazard warning systems including offsite, plant wide and

local area .......................................................................................13-5913.14.3 List with tag number, location, type/model of

detection equipment.......................................................................13-5913.14.4 Matrix of all detection equipment with area location, number anddetector type..................................................................................13-59

13.14.4.1Flammable gas, including set points .............................13-5913.14.4.2Low temperature, including set points...........................13-6013.14.4.3Heat...............................................................................13-6013.14.4.4Smoke...........................................................................13-6013.14.4.5Products of combustion.................................................13-6013.14.4.6Fire ................................................................................13-60

13.14.5 Drawings........................................................................................13-60


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13.14.5.1Hazard detector layout plans.........................................13-6013.14.5.2Combustion/ventilation air intake locations ...................13-60

13.15 FIRE SUPPRESSION AND RESPONSE PLAN ............................................13-6013.15.1 Description of response to fire and deployment of resources........13-6113.15.2 Organizational chart for emergency response and fire fighting .....13-61

13.16 HAZARD CONTROL SYSTEMS ....................................................................13-6113.16.1 Description of hazard control equipment and systems ..................13-6113.16.2 Dry chemical basis of design.........................................................13-6113.16.3 List or matrix of hazard control equipment.....................................13-6213.16.4 Dry chemical system drawings ......................................................13-62

13.17 FIRE WATER .................................................................................................13-6213.17.1 Description of fire water system.....................................................13-62

13.17.1.1Fire water system design...............................................13-6213.17.1.2Fire water system demands and basis of sizing............13-6213.17.1.3Fire water supply and back up supply...........................13-6213.17.1.4Fire water system components......................................13-6313.17.1.5Fire water piping............................................................13-6313.17.1.6Fire water hydrants........................................................13-6313.17.1.7Fire water monitors........................................................13-6313.17.1.8Hose reels .....................................................................13-6313.17.1.9Water screens and deluge systems ..............................13-6313.17.1.10 Water supply for high expansion foam......................13-63

13.17.2 List or matrix of all fire water delivery equipment...........................13-6313.17.3 Fire water delivery matrix...............................................................13-6413.17.4 Fire water drawings........................................................................13-64

13.17.4.1Fire water P&IDs ...........................................................13-6413.17.4.2Fire water piping plans ..................................................13-6413.17.4.3Fire water coverage plans .............................................13-64

13.18 HIGH EXPANSION FOAM SYSTEM .............................................................13-6413.18.1 Description of foam system and equipment...................................13-6413.18.2 Foam system basis of design ........................................................13-6413.18.3 List or matrix with tag number, location, type/model of

foam equipment. ............................................................................13-6413.18.4 Drawings........................................................................................13-64

13.18.4.1Foam system component location plans .......................13-6513.18.4.2Foam system coverage plans........................................13-65

13.19 SECURITY .....................................................................................................13-6513.20 PIPING 13-65

13.20.1 Piping systems...............................................................................13-6513.20.2 Piping insulation.............................................................................13-6513.20.3 Pipe racks......................................................................................13-6513.20.4 Piping specification tabular summary............................................13-6513.20.5 Piping drawings..............................................................................13-6613.20.5.1Layout and sections of major pipe racks .......................13-66

13.20.5.2Layout and elevations of major equipment....................13-6613.20.5.3Layout and elevations of typical piping support system13-66

13.21 DESCRIPTION OF FOUNDATIONS AND SUPPORTS ................................13-6613.22 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES (OFFSHORE BERTH) .............................13-6613.23 PROCESS DRAWINGS .................................................................................13-66

13.23.1 Process flow diagrams and material and energy balances............13-6613.24 PIPING AND INSTRUMENT DIAGRAMS ......................................................13-66


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13.24.1 Drawing list with revision number and issue date..........................13-6613.24.2 Piping and instrumentation legend and symbols ...........................13-6713.24.3 Piping and instrumentation details.................................................13-6713.24.4 P&IDs.............................................................................................13-67

LIST OF TABLES

Table 13.4.5-1 Barometric Pressure..................................................................................13-19LIST OF APPENDICES

The Appendices to this Resource Report are numbered according to theFERC Draft Preferred Submittal Format Guidance.

A Facility description Not Applicable

B Project schedule Public

C Basis of design CEII

D Design codes and standards Public

E Permits or approvals Public

F Demonstration of code compliance Public

G HAZID, HAZOP reviews, safety reviews & recommendations CEII

H Management of change and reporting Privileged

I/J Seismic design investigation & design forces,Soil Characteristics & Foundation Design CEII

K Marine systems CEII

L LNG tank information CEII

M Equipment information CEII

N Instrumentation Not Applicable

O Electrical Not Applicable

P Fire protection Public

Q Thermal radiation & vapor dispersion report Public

R Design studies Privileged

S Shut-off valves CEIIT Project specifications CEII

U Pipe-In-Pipe Proof of ConceptDocumentation Privileged

V FERC Questions on Pipe-In-Pipe & Responses CEII

W Piping Codes Comparison Reports Privileged


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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Term Description

" inches

F degree Fahrenheit

SectionABS American Bureau of Shipping

AMSC Area Maritime Security Committee

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOR Area of Responsibility

API American Petroleum Institute

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ATWS Additional Temporary Workspace

bbl barrels

bbl/h barrels per hour

bgs Below ground surfaces

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIBI Benthetic index of biotic integrity

BMP Best Management Practice

BMS Burner Management System

BOG boiloff gas

Bscfd / bscfd billion standard cubic feet per day

Btu British thermal unit

Btu/(ft2hr) British thermal unit per feet squared per hour

BV Bureau VeritasC5 plus pentane plus

CCTV closed circuit television

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CO carbon monoxide

COE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

COTP Coast Guard Captains of the Port

CROW Construction right-of-way

CUM cubic meter

CWA Clean Water Actcy cubic yard

CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

DB&B double block and bleed

DCS distributed control system

DnV (DNV) Det Norske Veritas

Dth/day Decatherms per day


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Term Description

EA Environmental Assessment

EIA Energy Information Administration

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction

ER Environmental Report

ERC Emergency release coupling

ESA Endangered Species Act of 1973

ESD Emergency shutdown

ESD-1 Pier Emergency Shutdown

ESD-1-1 Activation of the unloading arm/vapor return arm ERCs on Berth 1 andBerth 2

ESD-2 Total Terminal Emergency Shutdown

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FBE Fusion-Bonded EpoxyFEED Front End Engineering Design

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FERCs Plan FERCs Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan

FERCs Procedures FERCs Wetland and Waterbody Construction and MitigationProcedures

fps feet per second

ft feet

gpm gallons per minute

h hour(s)

H&MB heat and material balance

HAZID Hazard Identification

HAZOP Hazard and Operability

HDD Horizontal Direction Drilling

HDMS Hazard Detection and Mitigation System

Hg Mercury

HHV higher heating value

HID High Intensity Discharge

HIPPS High Integrity Pipeline Protection System

HP high pressurehp horsepower

HTF heat transfer fluid

in inch

inches H2O inches of water

inches Hg inches of mercury

inches Hg/h inches of mercury per hour


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Term Description

IP intermediate pressure

ISC International Ship to Shore Connections

ISO International Organization for Standardization

Kts knots

kV kilovolt

kVA kilovolt Ampere (one thousand Volt Amperes)

lb/h Pounds per hour

LDC Local Distribution Company

LFL lower flammability limit

LHV lower heating value

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas

LNG Terminal Weavers Cove Energy LNG Import Terminal

LOI Letter of intent

LP low pressureLTD Level, Temperature, Density

M&R Metering and Regulator

m3 cubic meters

m3/hour cubic meters per hour

MAOP Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure

mbar millibar

mbar/hour millibar per hour

MCC Motor Control Center

mcf million cubic feet

MCR Main Control Room

mg/l Microgram per Liter

MIS Management Information System

MLLW mean lower low water

MLV Mainline valve

MMBtu/hr million British thermal units per hour

MMcf/day million cubic feet per day

MMscfd million standard cubic feet per day

MP Milepost

mph miles per hourMW Megawatt

N/A Not applicable

NAVD North American Vertical Datum

NDE / NDT Nondestructive Examination / Nondestructive Testing

NEC National Electrical Code

NEPA National Environmental policy Act of 1969


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Term Description

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NGA Natural Gas Act

NGA / NGPA Natural Gas Act / Natural Gas Policy Act

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act of 1969

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

No. ins number of inches

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOI Notice of Intent

NOx nitrogen oxides

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPL National Priority List

NPS National Park Service

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

NRHP National Register of Historic PlacesNSA Noise Sensitive Area

NTP Notice to Proceed

NVIC Navigation and vessel Inspection Circular

NWI National Wetland Inventory

O&M Operations And Maintenance

OBE Operating Basis Earthquake

OD Outside Diameter

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

P&ID piping and instrumentation diagram

PAH Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PCB Polychlorinated Biphyenyls

PCMS Plant Control and Monitoring System

PCR Platform Control Room

PERC Powered Emergency Release Coupling

PIANC Permanent International Association Navigation Congress

PLC Programmable Logic Controller

PM particulate matter

POTW Publicly-owned Treatment Works

PPB / ppb parts per billionPPM / ppm parts per million

PPT / ppt Parts per trillion

psf pounds per square foot

psig pounds per square inch gauge

PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride

PWSA Preliminary water way suitability assessment


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Term Description

QA Quality Assurance

QC Quality Control

RGS Rigid Galvanized Steel (conduit)

ROW Right-of-Way

RR Resource Report

RTD resistance temperature detector

RTU remote terminal unit

RUSLE Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

SAV Aquatic vegetation

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

scfh standard cubic foot (feet) per hour

scfm standard cubic foot (feet) per minute

SCUBA Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SHPO State Historic Preservation OfficerSIP State Implementation Plan

SIS Safety Instrumented System

SPCC Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure

SSE Safe Shutdown Earthquake

SSURGO Soil Survey Geographic

STATSCO State Soil Geographic

SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

Tcf Trillion Cubic Feet

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol,

THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Office

TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load

TOC Total organic carbon

Trap Pig Launcher Receiver Facility

UL Underwriters Laboratories

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

USCG or CoastGuard

United States Coast Guard

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USDOE United States Department of EnergyUSDOT United States Department of Transportation

USEPA / EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

usg United States gallons

usgpm United States gallons per minute

USGS U.S. Geological Survey


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Term Description

V voltage

VOC volatile organic compound

WSA Water way suitability assessment

WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant


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FERCCommentNo.:

Location of Response to Staff Comments on Resource Report 13

GENERAL:

1.a. 13.4.7.5

b. 13.4.29Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg. DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-0910

c. 13.R-11, Section 11d. 13.6.2,

Drawings Binder: CBI dwg. 302e. 13.10.6.2

13.24.4Drawings Binder: Tecnhip dwg. ES010872-000-DW-1514-1101

f. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs. DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1920-0900 through -0904g. 11.3.2;

Drawings Binder: Technip dwg. ES010872-000-DW-1652-0001

h. 13.11.3.5,Resource Report 13 Appendix M 2.2

i.j. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0970/0971;

Resource Report 13 Appendix Pk. Resource Report 13 Appendix Pl. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0970/0971;

Resource Report 13 Appendix Pm. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs

DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1933-0940/0941DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1970-0950 through -0954

n. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0970/0971o. 13.20.4,

13.20.5,Resource Report 13 Appendix TResource Report 13 Drawings Binder

p. Resource Report 13 Appendix DResource Report 13 Appendix RResource Report 13 Appendix W

q. Resource Report 13 Appendix Fr. Resource Report 13 Appendix G Section 1s. Resource Report 13 Appendix Ht. Resource Report 13 Appendix I

u. Resource Report 13 Appendix IResource Report 13 Appendix R, Section 14v. Resource Report 13 Appendix S, Section 3w. Resource Report 13 R-9, App A, B, C;

Resource Report 13 R-11, App B, D, E;Resource Report 13 Appendix T

2. Original discussions of Emergency Response Plan for onshore site have notchanged.

3. 13.4.6.1


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1. Facility Description4. 13.1.222. Project Schedule5. Resource Report 13 Appendix B

3. Site Plans6. 13.3.2.1;

Resource Report 13 Drawings Binder4. Basis of Design7.

13.4.2.18.

13.3.1.69. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1;

13.4.1.1013.5.2.1

10. Resource Report 13 Drawings Binder: CBI process flow diagram 01001, sheet 311. 13.8.2.2

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1Resource Report 13 Appendix R-513.5.2.1

12. 13.4.15.1113.8.2.613.8.2.7

13.4.15.913.13.4.22.1Resource Report 13 Appendix R-5

14.13.4.33.313.4.33.9

5. Major Process Systems15. 13.21.1.116. 13.8.2.1

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-517. 13.8.2.1

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-518. 13.8.2.119. 13.1.22

13.1.21Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11 Section 2

7. Utilities20. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2


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21. 13.7.3

22. 13.20.4

8. Equipment Data23. Resource Report 13 Appendix M

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix Kb. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.1

Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

c. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.1

Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

d. 13.8.2.3

Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.1e. Item deleted.f. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2g. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

h. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

i. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

j. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2

9. Instrumentation

24.13.9.1

25.13.9.1

10. Safety Instrumentation26. 13.10.5

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0970/0971 andTechnip P&IDs ES010872-000-PID-0021-001A through ES010872-000-PID-0021-011 with ESD levels;13.10.5.2

27. 13.10.6.2;13.24.4;Drawings Binder: Technip dwg. ES010872-000-DW-1514-1101

11.Electrical

28. Drawings Binder: Technip dwg. ES010872-000-DW-1652-000113.11.2.1

29.13.11.2.2


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30.13.11.1.213.11.3.1

13. Spill Containment Systems31. 13 Appendix Q.1

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-091413.13.1.4

32.13.13.2.2

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-091433. Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-134. Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-135. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-097236. Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-0915

HAL-PID-0021-091414. Hazard Detection Systems37.

a.b.c.d.

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0970 and DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0971

13 Appendix P

38. 13.14.2DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1512-0990

39. Resource Report 13 Appendix M, 13.11.3.515. Fire Suppression and Response Plan

40. 13.15.1Resource Report 13 Appendix P

17. FireWater41. 13.17.1.342. Resource Report 13 Appendix P

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1970-0951 and dwgDEWEAV-HAL-DW-1970-0950

43. Resource Report 13 Appendix P44.

13.17.1.345.13.8.2.1

46.13.20.4

21. Foundations and Supports47. 13.21.1.1


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22. Buildings and Structures48. 13.14.4.1

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwgs DEWEAV-HAL-DW-1950-0990

24. Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)49.

a.-i.Drawings Binder: Technip P&IDs dwgs. ES010872-000-PID-0021-001A throughES010872-000-PID-0021-011

j. 13.10.6.2;13.24.4

k.-r. Drawings Binder: Technip P&IDs ES010872-000-PID-0021-001A throughES010872-000-PID-0021-011

s. 13.24.4

t. Resource Report 13 Appendix D; Resource Report 13 Appendix LResource Report 13 Appendix R-1, Section 1.6;Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17;Drawings Binder: Technip P&ID ES010872-000PID-0021-004/5

u. Drawings Binder: Technip & Halcrow P&IDs;Resource Report 13 Appendix M.1

50. Drawings Binder: Technip P&ID ES010872-000PID-0021-007/008/009Appendix C. Basis of Design51. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1 / C.1Appendix K. Marine Systems52. Resource Report 13 Appendix KAppendix M. Equipment Information53. 13.8.2.454. 13.8.2.4

55. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.1Appendix P. Fire Protection56. Resource Report 13 Appendix PAppendix Q. Thermal Radiation and Vapor Dispersion Report57. Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-1

Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-258. 13.13.2.2

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg. DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-091459. Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-160.

Drawings Binder: Halcrow dwg. DEWEAV-HAL-PID-0021-091461.

Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-162. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-5

13.8.2.1

63.Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-1

64. 13.13.1.565.

Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-1


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Appendix V. FERC Questions on Pipe-in-Pipe and Responses66. Resource Report 11 Section 11.7.6

FERCCommentNo.:


Appendix R. Design Studies

67.13.1.15

68. Drawings Binder: Technip P&IDs dwgs. ES010872-000-PID-0021-001A throughES010872-000-PID-0021-011Resource Report 13 Appendix M.1

69.a.b.c.d.

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-3 Attachments

70. Resource Report 13 Appendix W71. Drawings Binder:

- Technip dwgs: ES010872-000-PID-0021-010/011, ES010872-000-DW-0051-1101- CBI Dwg 02002

72. Drawings Binder: Technip P&IDs dwgs. ES010872-000-PID-0021-001A throughES010872-000-PID-0021-011Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1

73. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9;Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17

74. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1775. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17, Section 3.3.5b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17, Section 3.3.1c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17, Section 3.3.1d. Resource Report 13 Appendix G.1

76. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 1277.

Resource Report 13 Appendix VResource Report 13 Appendix Q-3

78. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1;Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11 Section 12, Paragraph 6Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11 Section 10

79. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1, Section 2.1.9;13.24.413.3.2.1

80. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 10, Paragraph 881. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 13


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82. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 6.4.1, 13 Paragraphs 4&5

83. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-16;

13.10.6.284. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1685. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix G.1 (deviation VR2)b. Resource Report 13 Appendix G.1

86. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-187. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 4.6.188.

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 4.6.4b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 4.6.5c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 1.0, Para 8

d. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 4.6.6e. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Section 4.6.789. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-2, Appendix90. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11 Sections 6.4.2, 15, App F91.

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 9b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 7 Paragraph 2c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 6.1 Table 6d. Resource Report 13.Appendix R-12, Section 6.1 Paragraph 1e. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 6.0 Paragraph 6f. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 7.0 Paragraph 3&4g. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 9.0 Paragraph 5

92.a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 5 Paragraph 1b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 1.1 Paragraph 5c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 4.2 Paragraph 2d. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 4.3 Paragraph 2

93. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-6, Section 294. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 6.1295. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 6.4.296. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 1397. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 5.3, Appendix C98. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 5.199. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-15,

Sections3.4, 3.5, 5.2, 6.1, 9.0 and Appendix A and D

100. Resource Report 13 Appendix M.2.2101. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-8, Section 5.2, Paragraph 5102. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-8, Section 5.1

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 5.3Resource Report 13 Appendix R-15

b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-15


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c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-15, Section 8.4103. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 6.0 & 11

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-12, Section 7.0 Final paragraph

104.a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 4.4 and 4.5b. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 6 Paragraph 5c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 8.1d. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 8.2e. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 8.4f. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 12.0g. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 11.1

105.106.107.

a. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-1313.19

b. 13.19.2c. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 14d. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 14

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-17e. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 14

Resource Report 13 Appendix Q-3f. 13.15;

Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 14;

Resource Report 13 Appendix G.113.15g. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, Section 14

108. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-9, App B ;Resource Report 13 Appendix W-2, Section 5.1

109. Resource Report 13 Appendix R-11, Section 5.2Appendix U. Pipe-in-Pipe Proof of Concept

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WEAVER'S COVE ENERGY OFFSHORE BERTH PROJECTWeaver's Cove Energy, LLC

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13.1 FACILITY DESCRIPTION

Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC ("Weaver's Cove") has received Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission ("FERC" or "Commission") approval to construct and operate a liquefied naturalgas ("LNG") receiving and storage terminal ("LNG Terminal") in the City of Fall River,Massachusetts. 112 FERC 61,070. This decision was then affirmed on rehearing. 114 FERC 61,058. In the same orders, an affiliated company, Mill River Pipeline, LLC ("Mill River") alsoreceived Commission approval to construct and operate two interconnecting natural gaspipeline laterals ("laterals"). The LNG Terminal and laterals together are referred to in thisapplication as the "Approved Project."

Weaver's Cove is requesting an amendment to the Commission's order authorizing the

siting, construction and operation of the LNG Terminal by seeking approval to construct, ownand operate an offshore berth in Mount Hope Bay in Massachusetts waters and buriedsubmarine LNG transfer lines, using insulated "pipe-in-pipe" (PiP) technology, to transfer LNGthat is unloaded from LNG tankers at the offshore berth to the LNG storage tank at the LNG

Terminal site including some associated piping and equipment changes at the LNG Terminal.Together, the offshore berth, associated PiP transfer system and minor modifications arereferred to as the "Offshore Berth Project."

The offshore berth and associated equipment are proposed to be built in Mount HopeBay in Massachusetts waters in the Town of Somerset, approximately 4.25 miles south of theLNG Terminal site and two miles south of the Braga Bridge. See Epsilon Drawing 1-1: USCGLocus Map in the Project Drawings binder. The offshore berth will have a length, measured

between the outermost mooring dolphins, of approximately 1,200 feet and a rectangular centralplatform approximately 250 feet by 125 feet. The total footprint of the offshore berth will beapproximately one acre.

The offshore berth will consist of four mooring dolphins, three breasting dolphins,supporting fender panels, an unloading platform, and a spill impoundment. All structures will besupported on steel piles with specifications that will include provision for subsurface geology aswell as anticipated wind, wave, and winter ice conditions in Mount Hope Bay. Mooring hooksfitted with quick release mechanisms and strain gauges to allow remote monitoring of mooringloads will be installed. They will be specified to secure the design LNG tanker in wind speeds upto 60 knots from any direction and all loadings will be in accordance with the Oil CompaniesInternational Marine Forum ("OCIMF") and the Society of International Gas Tanker and

Terminal Operators ("SIGTTO") industry recommendations. Interconnecting walkways willprovide access between the dolphins and the unloading platform.

The offshore berth will have three deck levels. The mezzanine deck,1 the highest deck,will be approximately 90 feet x 30 feet, will be positioned at the risers supporting the unloadingarms at a level convenient for unloading arm operations and maintenance. This deck will

1Traditionally a mezzanine is a floor between two other floors. Here it is used to describe a steel-grated deck located above theMain Deck, supported from the Main Deck, and covering only a small portion of the Main Deck.


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support the unloading arm operators shelter. The main deck of the unloading platform will beapproximately 250' x 125' and will support the LNG transfer and return vapor risers and armsthat connect to the LNG tanker's manifold, an access gangway, a ships stores supply crane,LNG booster pumps, and a return vapor generation system. A two-level control building willconnect the main deck to the utility deck below. The utility deck, approximately one half the sizeof the main deck, will house electrical distribution equipment, air and nitrogen systems and a firewater pumping system. A floating pontoon dock for service vessels will provide access to theplatform at utility deck level. The unloading platform will be equipped with hazard detectionsystems including gas detectors, flame detectors, low temperature detectors and smokedetectors in the control building. All systems will have redundancy; fire and gas detectionsystems will be cross zoned and redundant. The unloading platform will be equipped with fixedand portable fire fighting extinguishers, dry chemical monitors and fire water hydrants forequipment cooling, fire extinguishment and vapor control.

Passive and active security systems will be incorporated into the offshore berth to deterand detect attempts at unauthorized access at all times, both during cargo transfer operationsand when the offshore berth is unoccupied.

A turning basin, which will be approximately 1,800 feet in diameter and generallycentered over the western edge of the existing federal navigational channel at a locationsoutheast of the proposed offshore berth, and a 550-foot-wide approach channel, which willextend about 2,800 feet to the northwest from the edge of the turning basin , will be dredged toaccommodate LNG tanker berthing and turning maneuvers. The underwater footprint of theapproach channel and turning basin will be approximately 92 acres. The marine facilities will becapable of mooring and unloading LNG tankers with cargo capacities of up to approximately155,000 m3.

LNG will be transferred from the LNG tanker to the onshore LNG storage tank via thePiP transfer system. LNG will be unloaded at a nominal flow rate of 8,000 m3/h (35,000 gpm)

and up to a maximum of 12,000 m3/h (53,000 gpm). LNG will flow from the tanker through three16-inch diameter unloading arms. An isolation valve will be mounted at the base of eachunloading arm riser where it connects to the manifold and these valves can be used tosegregate the platform operations from the tanker operations. Booster pumps located at theoffshore berth will be used to facilitate unloading. A return vapor generation system located atthe offshore berth will provide vapor for delivery back to the LNG tanker. LNG will flow from thebooster pumps into two nominal 24-inch-diameter parallel LNG unloading lines that extend tothe north end of the platform, tie into the riser sections of the dual 24-inch-diameter PiP transfersystem, and will then extend to a point below the mud line of Mount Hope Bay.

The buried PiP transfer system will then extend approximately 4.25 miles northeast tothe shoreline of the LNG Terminal site, pass below grade through the shoreline stabilization

sheetpile and will rise above ground within the floor of the tertiary [containment] basin inside theLNG Terminal, southeast of the LNG storage tank. The LNG transfer lines will be routed aboveground around the east and north sides of the LNG storage tank to the tank riser piping thatconnects to the tank.

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13.1.1 Owner, operator and principal contractors

Weaver's Cove proposes to construct, own and operate the offshore berth in MountHope Bay and the PiP transfer system in Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River. The principlecontractors for detailed design and construction will be selected based on a competitiveprocess.

13.1.2 Location and site information

The proposed offshore berth will be located in Mount Hope Bay. The center of the berth,defined as the position of the vapor return arm which connects to the LNG tanker's manifold, willbe located off the western side of the existing federal navigation channel in Mount Hope Bay, aminimum of approximately one mile from land and entirely within waters of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts and the Town of Somerset.

The berth will be located approximately 1,100 yards west of the existing federalnavigation channel and approximately two nautical miles south of the Braga Bridge. See Epsilon

Drawing 1-1: USCG Locus Map in the Project Drawings binder.

The PiP transfer system will begin at the offshore berth and extend for approximately4.25 miles northeast through Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River to its terminus at the LNGterminal site.

13.1.3 LNG receiving terminal; source and market for product

There are no changes to the sources of or market for LNG from those considered by theCommission in authorizing the Approved Project.

13.1.4 LNG receiving terminal; storage, import and sendout capacities and conditions

There have been no changes to the approved LNG Terminal storage, import andsendout capacities and conditions considered by the Commission in authorizing the ApprovedProject.

13.1.5 Base load liquefaction; source of feed gas and market for product

Not applicable.

13.1.6 Base load liquefaction; capacities of feed gas, pretreatment, liquefaction,fractionation products

Not applicable.

13.1.7 Base load liquefaction; storage, product shipping and sendout capacities andconditions

Not applicable.


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13.1.8 Peak shaving; source of feed gas and market for product

Not applicable.

13.1.9 Peak shaving; capacities of feed gas pretreatment and liquefaction

Not applicable.

13.1.10 Peak shaving; storage, vaporization, sendout capacities and conditions

Not applicable.

13.1.11 Satellite; source of LNG and market for sendout

Not applicable.

13.1.12 Satellite; storage, vaporization, sendout capacities and conditions

Not applicable.

13.1.13 LNG trucking facilities

There are no changes to the approved LNG Terminal LNG trucking facilities consideredby the Commission in authorizing the Approved Project.

13.1.14 List of major systems and components

The list below contains the major systems and components that will be either new ormodified as part of the Offshore Berth Project.

Offshore Berth

LNG Marine Transfer Piping System (the Pipe-in-Pipe portions of this system arereferred to as the PiP Transfer System)

Return Vapor Generation System

LNG Booster Pump System

Hazard Detection Systems

Fire Protection Systems

Spill Containment Sump (Offshore Berth)

Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Systems

LNG Tank design pressure and incorporation of a concrete roof

Boil-off Handling System


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13.1.15 Design features

This section describes design features of the Offshore Berth Project. No descriptions ofdesign features of the Approved Project are included unless changes are proposed.

Weavers Cove has commissioned a series of engineering studies and reports thatprovide an in-depth analysis of the design features of the Offshore Berth Project. Subject toenvironmental permit conditions issued by the relevant agencies, Weavers Cove proposes toconstruct the facilities described in accordance with the recommendations of these engineeringstudies. These studies can be found in the appendices of this Resource Report 13.

13.1.15.1 Offshore Berth

Weaver's Cove proposes to amend the Approved Project to seek approval to constructand operate the offshore berth and to construct and operate the LNG transfer system fordelivery of LNG from the berth to the LNG Terminal. The key features of the proposed offshoreberth as compared to the previously approved terminal-side berth are:

The location of the offshore berth in Mount Hope Bay will alleviate most of thenavigation concerns voiced by the Coast Guard because LNG tankers would nolonger need to transit the Taunton River and the old and new Brightman Streetbridges.

The location of the offshore berth south of the Braga Bridge would alleviate anyand all concerns related to potential highway traffic impacts of LNG tankerstransiting the Braga Bridge and the old and new Brightman Street bridges.

There would be an appreciable reduction in the amount of dredging in theTaunton River and the amount of time required to complete that dredging,

enabling the project to meet the narrow dredge windows proposed by a numberof regulatory agencies in the context of the original proposal for work in the

Taunton River.

The preferred location of the offshore berth is at the end of a new approachchannel which would place an LNG tanker alongside the offshore berth morethan half a mile from the federal navigation channel and remote from shippingtraffic proceeding to or from Fall River.

The preferred location of the offshore berth places it approximately one mile fromthe nearest land and residential areas thus addressing most of the perceived orclaimed safety issues that have been largely focused on the LNG tankers,

especially after the publication of the Sandia report.

13.1.15.2 LNG transfer system

The key design features of the LNG transfer system are:

The LNG transfer system enables transfer of LNG over the 4.25 mile distancebetween the offshore berth and the onshore LNG Terminal through the use of ahigh-efficiency insulation system.


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The LNG transfer system can accommodate LNG unloading rates up to 12,000m3/hour. The nominal design rate is approximately 8,000 m3/hour.

The PiP transfer system provides an integral secondary cryogenic barrier.

All components of the LNG transfer system, including the PiP transfer system aredesigned for at least a fifty-year life in a marine environment.

The use of Invar for the inner piping material eliminates the need for expansionbellows or expansion loops due to Invars low coefficient of thermal expansion.

The PiP transfer system will be designed to be capable of acceptinginstrumented pigs in an "offline" condition.

The temperature monitoring system utilizes fiber optic cables to monitortemperature conditions in the annular space between the inner and outer pipes.

The annular space between the inner and outer pipe of the PiP transfer systemwill be purged with nitrogen gas. This will serve as a leakdetection system by continuously monitoring the nitrogen flow for the presence ofhydrocarbon or water vapor.

The thermal balance system will ensure that the environment around the PiPtransfer system is maintained at temperatures above freezing.

13.1.15.3 Offshore Berth Vapor Generation System

The offshore berth will utilize a dedicated vapor generation system thereby eliminatingany need for a vapor return line running from the land-based LNG Terminal to the offshore

berth. The vapor generation system will have the following design features:

The vapor generation system provides the required LNG tanker vapor returnvolumes and temperature to permit LNG tanker unloading at rates up to 12,000m3/h.

The system utilizes ambient air vaporizers to generate the return vapor from LNGsupplied from the unloading header. A de-superheater is used to control thereturn temperature to meet LNG tanker requirements.

13.1.15.4 Offshore Beth Booster Pump System

The offshore berth booster pump system will be located on the offshore berth andprovide the desired LNG transfer rates across a wide variety of LNG specifications, ambientconditions, and differing tanker unloading capabilities. The system is designed for unloadingrates of approximately 8,000 m3/h with four pumps running (one spare pump idle), and amaximum rate of approximately 12,000 m3/h with all pumps running at the optimal pump inletconditions.


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13.1.15.5 LNG Tank Design Pressure and Concrete Roof

Weavers Cove proposes to install a steel reinforced concrete roof in lieu of the steel roofdesign originally submitted to the Commission. This change supports an increase in designpressure to 4.3 psig from 3.0 psig and includes modifications to relief valve settings andcapacities. This change improves the boil off gas handling capabilities especially during LNGtanker unloading operations. The addition of a concrete roof to the storage tank will alsoprovide additional spill protection versus a steel roof..

13.1.16 Utilities and services

13.1.16.1 Electrical (Offshore Berth and PiP Transfer System)

The primary electrical power for the offshore berth and facilities will be provided by aburied subsea power cable (6 MW) that will be installed in the same trench as th

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