LNG
LNG construction readiness: liquefaction, export, and the craft peak the schedule assumes.
This page is for sponsors, contractors, lenders, and insurers on LNG liquefaction and export projects. Torvane measures whether the field can carry the plan before the craft peak arrives, reports what it observes in writing, and sets out the options.
Where LNG projects meet the field
An LNG project is a sequencing problem before it is anything else. Modules arrive on a fixed marine schedule and must be set, aligned, and connected in an order decided long before the first crew mobilized.
The craft peak lands on a remote site: camps, buses, travelers, and rotations all become schedule inputs, and the share of each trade that must be imported decides whether the histogram is a forecast or a wish.
Greenfield and brownfield on LNG projects
A greenfield liquefaction site has to build its own conditions first: access, laydown, temporary power, camp and transport capacity, and a site organization that does not exist yet.
Readiness questions before mobilization
- Does the craft histogram match what the region and the rotation model can actually supply, trade by trade, from the local and imported pools?
- Is supervision in place at the ratio the plan assumes, and has it worked on this scope before?
- Are work packages complete to the work front, with materials, drawings, access, scaffold, and permits?
- Is laydown sized and sequenced, with temporary facilities and power ready?
- Is camp and transport capacity matched to peak?
- Are heavy-lift and marine windows agreed and confirmed, and are module delivery dates confirmed against yard progress rather than yard promises?
When an LNG project is behind
Late LNG projects usually present as a progress dispute. Reported percentage complete no longer matches the field, rules of credit have drifted, and the recovery plan restates the same productivity that has not been achieved for two quarters. The Recovery assessment sets out the options honestly, with what each requires and what it costs.
Commissioning and first-gas readiness
First gas is decided by systems, not by areas. Readiness means the project has been systemized, turnover packages are being built as work completes rather than after it, the commissioning organization exists and is staffed, and the boundaries between construction, commissioning, and operations are written down and understood on site.
Frequently asked questions
When should an LNG project be assessed for construction readiness?
Before mobilization of the main construction workforce, and again before the craft peak. Both points precede the moment when recovery gets expensive.
Does modular delivery reduce field risk on LNG projects?
It moves the risk. Hours shift to the fabrication yard, but the interfaces multiply and the field crew must set, align, and complete connections on a sequence fixed months earlier.
What does Torvane look at on a remote LNG site?
Camp and travel capacity against the histogram, the local and imported share of each trade, supervision ratios, laydown and heavy-lift windows, marine and tank sequencing, work-package readiness at the work front, and the commissioning organization.
Contact
Discuss the work in front of you
Begin with the organization’s role, the project context, the current stage, and the work that requires independent review.