Liquefied gas storage facility

Abstract

The invention relates to a liquefied gas storage installation (1) comprising a metallic load-bearing structure (2) and a sealed and thermally insulated tank (71) arranged in the load-bearing structure, the tank comprising a metallic sealed membrane (13) and a thermally insulating barrier (12), the tank (71) having a ceiling wall (4) and a vertical wall (5), in which the sealed membrane (13) of the ceiling wall (4) has a plurality of strakes (15), the ceiling wall (4) being locally interrupted so as to delimit a loading / unloading opening (7), the tank having a connecting beam (22) located at the edge, in which the sealed membrane (13) of the ceiling wall (4) has an end strake (29) adjacent to said loading / unloading opening (7) and / or to the connecting beam (22), having a notch (30),and comprises a connecting strip (26) having an offset portion (28) welded to the end strake (29) by overlapping the notch (30). Figure for the abbreviation: 5,

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