Al Zour Refinery Terminal
The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is in the development phase for a project that will provide a new refinery for the state of Kuwait. ABPmer were commissioned by Highpoint Rendel to assist in the assessment of wave conditions to evaluate scheme arrangement options for the marine terminal using a numerical wave modelling approach.
Numerical modelling was used to assess wave conditions for two alternative berthing arrangements for the proposed marine terminal. The two schemes were as follows:
Scheme A
This was the preferred option and involved a solid products berth located at the 10m contour with a dredge approach from the 15m contour, and subsea pipelines to a sea island for export of oil products 17km offshore.
Scheme B
This was an alternative option to the above scheme in the event that the borehole campaign shows difficult ground conditions such that dredging would be precluded, necessitating reverting to the solids berth located at the 15m contour.
Results from the wave modelling study were in the form of a 5-year time-series of wave parameters, required for the assessment of vessel down time at specified berth locations for each of the proposed scheme arrangements. In addition to the time-series data, design wave conditions were also required for the alternative scheme arrangements for appropriate return period events of 50 and 100 years.
For further information contact:
Paul Norton