Application of an Integrated FEED Process Engineering Solution to Generic LNG FPSO Topsides

An Integrated FEED (Front End Engineering Design) process engineering solution proposed in our previous work is applied to the Pre-FEED process engineering phase of Generic LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading) topsides process systems. The concept of the selected generic LNG FPSO topsides Systems is introduced to build an integrated FEED process engineering solution. The proposed solution leads all process activities of the Pre-FEED engineering phase of generic LNG FPSO topsides systems to an automated and integrated processing. The results of the application show that the solution increases engineering efficiency considerably by reducing critical factors such as costs, length of time, and human error in the generic LNG FPSO project. Therefore, the integrated FEED process engineering solution can be useful in offshore topside engineering fields including LNG FPSO topsides FEED.