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They didn't exactly build a terminal, they upgraded an existing jetty to allow a floating terminal to dock and connect to the gas network on the main land. Engi

They didn't exactly build a terminal, they upgraded an existing jetty to allow a floating terminal to dock and connect to the gas network on the main land. Engineering-wise it was a fairly straightforward job.

selectodude 4y ago
Nothing is straightforward when you're dealing with an explosive gas under extremely high pressure. This was a large project and completing it on time in 9 months is laudable.
- moloch-hai 4y ago
  LNG is not a gas, it is a cryogenic liquid. Cryogenic liquids are not easy, but are anyway not "under extremely high pressure", nor is LNG especially explosive: there is rarely enough oxygen immediately at hand for a good explosion, as opposed to a big fire. (Rockets would have a big tank of LOX right there.) A big fire can be bad, but is nothing like a detonation.
  - b3orn 4y ago
    The LNG is regasified before entering the gas network.
    - moloch-hai 4y ago
      But not at the terminal.
      - cormacrelf 4y ago
        Uh, yes at the terminal. The floating LNG terminal is a ship, and the liquid is gas by the time it gets to the jetty. https://www.rwe.com/en/research-and-development/project-plans/floating-lng-terminals https://www.rwe.com/en/research-and-development/project-plan...
        moloch-hai 4y ago
        That's fixable.
        bob29 4y ago
        Love the confidence, keep it up
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- Denvercoder9 4y ago
  If you zoom out far enough, nothing is straightforward. I bet most people on this site would consider building a small-scale CRUD app straightforward, but if you ask them to start from pure silicon and a bit of metal nobody could pull it off. Germany already operates about 40,000 km of natural gas pipeline. This was a 26km extension in a flat and rural/industrial area. There was no engineering challenge here that they hadn't already pulled off hundreds of times before.
  - selectodude 4y ago
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineering-feat-germany-11670513353 https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineerin... Doing anything like that in nine months is impressive. I haven't the faintest idea why anybody would say otherwise.

selectodude 4y ago

Nothing is straightforward when you're dealing with an explosive gas under extremely high pressure. This was a large project and completing it on time in 9 months is laudable.

moloch-hai 4y ago
LNG is not a gas, it is a cryogenic liquid. Cryogenic liquids are not easy, but are anyway not "under extremely high pressure", nor is LNG especially explosive: there is rarely enough oxygen immediately at hand for a good explosion, as opposed to a big fire. (Rockets would have a big tank of LOX right there.) A big fire can be bad, but is nothing like a detonation.
- b3orn 4y ago
  The LNG is regasified before entering the gas network.
  - moloch-hai 4y ago
    But not at the terminal.
    - cormacrelf 4y ago
      Uh, yes at the terminal. The floating LNG terminal is a ship, and the liquid is gas by the time it gets to the jetty. https://www.rwe.com/en/research-and-development/project-plans/floating-lng-terminals https://www.rwe.com/en/research-and-development/project-plan...
      - moloch-hai 4y ago
        That's fixable.
        bob29 4y ago
        Love the confidence, keep it up
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Denvercoder9 4y ago
If you zoom out far enough, nothing is straightforward. I bet most people on this site would consider building a small-scale CRUD app straightforward, but if you ask them to start from pure silicon and a bit of metal nobody could pull it off. Germany already operates about 40,000 km of natural gas pipeline. This was a 26km extension in a flat and rural/industrial area. There was no engineering challenge here that they hadn't already pulled off hundreds of times before.
- selectodude 4y ago
  https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineering-feat-germany-11670513353 https://www.wsj.com/articles/natural-gas-terminal-engineerin... Doing anything like that in nine months is impressive. I haven't the faintest idea why anybody would say otherwise.