Marine, jetty and terminal-transfer personnel
LNG Marine & Terminal Specialist
A terminal-interface pathway covering LNG storage, loading arms, vapor return, custody transfer, BOG and ship-shore emergency coordination.
Role learning outcomes
A practical curriculum target for the role.
- Understand the LNG transfer path between ship and shore.
- Recognize loading-arm and vapor-return operating constraints.
- Connect custody measurement to transfer operations.
- Understand ship-shore ESD and terminal protection relationships.
Possible evidence in a workplace program
- • Transfer-procedure familiarization
- • Jetty task observations
- • Measurement or pre-transfer check records
- • Knowledge assessments
Employer authorization, site qualification and licensing remain separate from LNG University learning records.
Foundation
Build the technical language and system context needed before role-specific depth.
Foundational
LNG Properties, Cryogenics and Phase Behavior
Build the physical foundation needed to understand why LNG equipment, materials, operating limits and safeguards are different from conventional ambient-temperature hydrocarbon systems.
Intermediate
LNG Storage Tanks and Tank Systems
Understand the major systems around LNG storage tanks, including containment, insulation, instrumentation, pressure management, pump columns and safeguards.
Intermediate
Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Develop the ability to read the detailed relationship among process piping, valves, instruments, equipment, control loops and safeguards on LNG P&IDs.
Core role knowledge
The principal systems and technical subjects most directly connected to the role.
Intermediate
LNG Marine Loading Arms and Transfer Systems
Understand the mechanical, hydraulic and shutdown functions of LNG loading arms used for liquid and vapor transfer between terminal and vessel.
Intermediate
LNG Vapor Return Systems
Study how vapor is returned between ship and shore during LNG transfer to manage displacement vapor and pressure.
Intermediate
LNG Bunkering Operations
Understand the technical and operational framework for transferring LNG as marine fuel, including transfer modes, interfaces, vapor management and emergency coordination.
Intermediate
LNG Custody Transfer and Metering
Explore how LNG quantity and quality are measured for custody transfer, including tank gauging, temperature, composition and energy calculations.
Intermediate
Boil-Off Gas Management
Understand the sources, collection, compression, recovery and disposition of BOG across storage, unloading, loading and regasification operations.
Intermediate
Emergency Shutdown Valves (ESDVs)
Learn how ESDVs isolate inventories or process sections during defined shutdown scenarios and how valve fail position, actuator design and shutdown logic fit into the protective architecture.
Advanced & protection context
Deeper control, safeguard or specialist knowledge that strengthens decision-making and cross-functional understanding.
Intermediate
Fire & Gas Detection Systems in LNG Facilities
Study the detection and response architecture used to identify flammable gas, fire or cryogenic release hazards and initiate alarms or protective actions.
Intermediate
Cryogenic In-Tank Pumps
Study submerged LNG pumps, pump columns, motor arrangement, hydraulic behavior and the operating considerations that arise from cryogenic service.
Intermediate
Boil-Off Gas (BOG) Compressors
Study the role of BOG compressors in controlling LNG tank and transfer-system vapor generation while maintaining a stable vapor-handling path.
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