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Clearwater Port and Safety
For more than 40 years, natural gas has been safely delivered around the world in liquid form. That's over 40,000 ocean voyages covering more than 60 million miles around the globe – to places like Boston, Belgium and Tokyo – without a single maritime incident resulting in a major release or injury.
Clearwater Port's leadership has more than 150 years of experience with safe, clean energy projects, so their goal is to meet an even higher standard. Clearwater Post's state-of-the-art safety systems will meet or exceed the strict safety and environmental standards of local, state and federal regulatory authorities - which will be independently verified through rigorous analysis by unbiased experts, and will be subject to wide-ranging and comprehensive public scrutiny and debate.
Clearwater Port's commitment to safety is integrated into every aspect of the project.
The Facts:
Clearwater Port's Commitment to Safety
- Rigorous, Independent Safety Review: As part of a rigorous, lengthy and thorough safety and environmental review process, Clearwater Port is working with federal, state and local officials, independent experts, and the public to ensure the project is safe.
- Extraordinary Expertise and a Single Mission: Clearwater's Port's leadership has been involved in the development of more than 50 energy infrastructure projects with an aggregate investment of over $15 billion – including involvement in the development, construction or operation of nine liquefied natural gas receiving terminals worldwide. Our sole mission is providing access to safe, affordable clean energy.
- State-of-the-Art Technology: Clearwater Port will employ state-of-the-art technology and safety systems.
- Investing Time & Money to Get it Right: We are investing the time and financial resources necessary to ensure we get safety right. That includes designing and testing - and then re-testing - our terminal, our safety standards, and our protocols for protecting against and managing potential accidents and threats.
The Facts:
Clearwater Port's Comprehensive,
State-of-the-Art Safety System
At Clearwater Port, safety is the first priority. Period. From beginning to end, Clearwater Port's comprehensive safety system uses state-of-the-art technology, 24-hour monitoring, specialized training, and mutual redundancies to maintain security and avoid accidents - and, if necessary, to immediately handle them. And we're working with all federal, state and local safety authorities – from the U.S. Coast Guard to the California Fire Marshal – to ensure we meet or exceed the most rigorous safety standards in the world.
- Overall Safety Management:
To transform the existing platform into a state-of-the-art natural gas receiving terminal, Clearwater Port will replace Platform Grace's existing decks with new topside structure incorporating cryogenic materials. A new control room will be installed, utilizing state-of-the-art Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Distributed Control System (DCS), with remote monitoring access. A new Hazard Detection and Mitigation System will be designed and installed for liquefication. All platform personnel will be specially trained to operate Clearwater Port's state-of-the-art facilities and to quickly implement safety procedures. Carrier operations will be coordinated by dedicated support vessel crews. To direct carriers into the platform's mooring system, Clearwater Port will use Mooring Masters specifically trained to be experts in local marine conditions around the platform.
- Carrier Safety – Double-hulled Ships:
All liquefied natural gas carriers are double-hulled and carry liquefied natural gas in special tanks cooled to minus-260 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the liquefied natural gas is so cold and nearly impossible to ignite, there is little risk of fire from a marine incident. And if spilled on water, will not explode, but will evaporate rapidly and harmlessly into the atmosphere. (In more than 40 years of transporting natural gas around the globe in liquid form, there have been no maritime incidents resulting in a major release or injury.)
- Navigation Safety – Locally Trained Mooring Masters:
When carriers are in range of Clearwater Port, they will be guided by specially trained Mooring Master with expertise in local waters.
- Transfer System Safety – From Carrier to Platform:
Clearwater Port will use a state-of-the-art Cryogenic Liquid Transfer System to safely move the liquefied natural gas from the carrier to the platform. It includes a communications and control conduit, plus Emergency Shut Down (ESD) signal lines, and "grounding" provisions to prevent an electric spark upon connection. Clearwater Port will utilize an Emergency Release System (ERS) - in the event it is ever needed to safely and quickly stop the flow of liquefied natural gas and minimize the potential for a release. The ERS establishes a unified control system linking the carrier, the terminal ESD system, and the Powered Emergency Release Coupler (PERC). It also allows the carrier to rapidly disconnect and disembark while preventing a spill. Additionally, it will automatically shut down the unloading process, and disconnect the unloading arm in the event rough seas cause excessive movement.
- Pipeline Safety – From Platform to SoCalGas:
After it is converted back to a gaseous state at the Clearwater Port platform, natural gas will flow through safe, state-of-the-art underground and undersea pipelines delivered directly into the SoCalGas pipeline network delivering natural gas to homes and businesses in Ventura County and California. Clearwater Port's safe, new pipeline, from its terminal to shore, will meet or exceed all Department of Transportation pipeline safety requirements – making them as safe and reliable as the SoCal Gas pipelines that currently carry natural gas under our streets and into our homes.
- State-of-the-Art Monitoring for Leaks:
Clearwater Port will use state-of-the-art safety systems to monitor all operations. The systems will meet or exceed all Department of Transportation pipeline safety standards; this includes pressure sensors, gas detectors, and shutdown valves that can immediately shut down the pipeline if needed. These systems are monitored by computer-controlled systems, and have years of proving themselves effective in minimizing pipeline leaks.
- Weather Safety:
If weather or sea-state conditions are outside of safe operating parameters – as authorized by the U.S. Coast Guard – Clearwater Port will not conduct any offloading operations.
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Extraordinary Expertise
Clearwater's Port's leadership has been involved in the development of more than 50 energy infrastructure projects with an aggregate investment of over $15 billion…
» CWP Expertise.
Independent, Rigorous Safety& Environmental Review Process – and Public Scrutiny
First and foremost, Clearwater Port
is committed to building and operating a safe and environmentally
sound natural gas receiving terminal…
» Review Process
Reducing air pollution & fueling the transition to clean, alternative vehicles
Natural gas is the cleanest major source of energy used in the United States today…
» Environmental Benefits
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