Jack Ups in Operation

ACK UPS IN OPERATION TYPES AND DIFFERENCE
OCTOBER 2013
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PRESENTED BY NANDAKUMAR KUNNANCHATH
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Jack Ups in Operation

A jackup is a floating barge fitted with long support legs that can be raised or lowered. The jackup is maneuvered (self-propelled or by towing) into location with its legs up and the hull floating on the water. Upon arrival at the work location, the legs are jacked down onto the seafloor. Then "preloading" takes place, where the weight of the barge and additional ballast water are used to drive the legs securely into the sea bottom so they will not penetrate further while operations are carried out. After preloading, the jacking system is used to raise the entire barge above the water to a predetermined height or "air gap", so that wave, tidal and current loading acts only on the relatively slender legs and not on the barge hull. Modern jacking systems use a rack and pinion gear arrangement where the pinion gears are driven by hydraulic or electric motors and the rack is affixed to the legs. Jackup rigs can only be placed in relatively shallow waters, generally less than 400 feet (120 m) of water. However, a specialized class of jackup rigs known as premium or ultra-premium jackups are known to have operational capability in water depths ranging from 500 to 625 feet.
Jack Ups in Operation - Types
obile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs)
capable of drilling through thousands of metres of th Earth's crust. Large "mud pumps" circulate drillin mud (slurry) through the drill bit and up the casin annulus, for cooling and removing the "cuttings" whil a well is drilled. drilled Hoists in the rig can lift hundreds o tons of pipe. Other equipment can force acid or san into reservoirs to facilitate extraction of the oil o natural gas; and in remote locations there can b permanent living accommodation and catering fo crews (which may be more than a hundred). Marin rigs may operate many hundreds of miles o kilometres distant from the supply base wit infrequent crew rotation or cycle.
Jack Ups in Operation - Types Liftboats
A liftboat is a self-propelled, s elevating vessel with a relatively la open deck capable of carry equipment and supplies in support various offshore mineral exploration production or offshore construct activities. A liftboat also has capability of rapidly raising its hull cl of the water on its own legs so as provide a stable platform from wh maintenance and construction w may be conducted. Liftboats are usu outfitted with at least one crane; mar cranes are usually designed to specification 2C or the equival classification society guidelines.
Jack Ups in Operation - Types Jack Up WTIVs
Wind Turbine Installation Vess are deployed to install turbines offshore wind farms. On arriva the site of the wind turbi vessel lowers its legs to stand the seabed, and then jacks above the surface of the s This provides a stable platform hammer down a mono-pile the sea bed and install the w turbine. When the turbine been installed, vessel low herself and sails to the n position to repeat the process
Jack Ups in Operation - Types MOPUs
Mobile offshore production unit (MOPUs) are production units tha can be relocated from site to site The jackup has proven itself a excellent candidate for shallow water early production application Jackups offer a cost efficien solution for short life fields compared with jacket or subse applications.
Mobility enables reduced installation, hook up, and commissioning decommissioning costs, compared with a jacket structure. Production jac ups have the added advantage of relocation and re-use at less cost. Jacku platforms provide large flat deck areas offering flexibility for a safe an functional topside arrangement.
Jack Ups in Operation - Types
Jack Up Construction & Accommodation Barges
Specialized jack ups used as a base for servicing other structures such as oil and gas platforms during their construction, operation and maintenance and also for accommodation of offshore crew during hook up and commissioning.
Jack Ups in Operation - Differences
Major Design Parameters The overall jack up design optimizes the interrelationship of the key features, i.e., would not desire a big deck area without a comparable deck load. So there are certain lements to focus on:
1) Legs and Pads The vast majority of jack ups are three-legged legged. The four-legged liftboat will cost more he cost of simply adding the cost of another leg, i.e., the jacking system to support egs loaded diagonally is greater and the hull structure is different/heavier. perationally, the setup time savings of a four-legged equates to money, so, one ha weigh the costs and benefits of three vs. four legs. Proven to be a cost effective design, the vast number of liftboats have three columnar pipe legs). Columnar legs and pads provide added buoyancy for the liftboat as the re lowered to the sea floor. This buoyancy in both the legs and pads (spud cans) h educe the bottom bearing pressure on the pads. In combination with the buoyancy, la ftboat pads are designed to reduce bottom bearing pressure. This has the effect of enetration. Working water depth also affects the type of leg; for example, after about 220 feet meters) of water, lattice legs are the norm.

(2) Jacking System
The jacking system for a liftboat is very different than the jacking system for a jack up drilling rig. The two major differences center on speed and cycles.
Speed of the liftboat jacking system is essential. essential While a typical jack-up drilling ri elevates at two feet per minute, a liftboat could elevate at four to six feet per minut and lower the legs at 14-18 feet per minute. minute This gives the liftboat the ability to ge on and off location significantly faster.
The jacking system for a liftboat encounters a very different operational cycle. would not be uncommon for a liftboat to jack up and down in one year the sam number of times that a jack-up drilling rig would encounter in its entire lifetime. So the wear factors, redundancy, material grades and shock loads are differen between jack-ups and liftboats.

(3) Working Water Depth The expected wind, wave and current (environmental conditions) in the maximum working water depth need to be determined. determined Although, other variables will go into the liftboat design, such as, net deck load, the starting point is still working water depth. An area with moderate environmental conditions vs. harsh environmental conditions will be a significantly different jackup design in all aspects, i.e., legs, jacking system and hull. (4) Open Deck Area The deck area is the unobstructed, open area. The liftboat crane is used to move equipment and materials around and on to and off of the platform/offshore location. There is a relationship among these variables open deck area, net deck load and crane capacity. Furthermore, you need a crane capacity that is commensurate with the expected deck loads and deck area.

(5) Net Deck Load
The net deck load for a liftboat is what you have on your deck in transit and can then jack up with on the deck. Consumables (such as water, fuel, hydraulic fluid etc.) are in addition to the net deck load. . There is a definite relationship among deck area, deck load and crane capacity Liftboats are designed as multi-purpose vessels. Also, one needs to consider the type of equipment and components that will be on the deck, so that, various areas can be designed to accommodate the various loadings, i.e., an area near the bow may have higher point loading than othe areas.

(6) Crane Capacity
There are a variety of cranes for liftboats. liftboats Cranes for liftboats are designed by crane manufacturers specifically for liftboats. liftboats Weight is a key consideration in liftboat design, so, every consideration needs to be made in the overall design including the crane. Therefore, cranes for liftboats are typically structurally lighte than a comparable offshore crane.
Regarding types of liftboat cranes, there are lattice boom, box boom, telescopic boom, pedestal mounted, and leg encircling cranes.

(7) Personnel Accommodations
The accommodations are another feature of liftboats. The personne accommodations are generally divided into two areas navigation crew an customer/operational personnel. As liftboats have gotten bigger with increase capacities, so have the requirements for more personnel. For example, a 100-ma accommodation block would typically have about 20 navigation crew and th remaining 80 for customer/operational personnel. personnel
The type of job that the liftboat is performing will dictate the accommodatio requirement, i.e., an offshore construction job would generally require mor personnel than a well intervention job. job The construction job may even requir additional modular living quarters on the deck.

(8) Propulsion
Majority of liftboats are self-propelled. This alleviates the need for tugs to move th liftboat or to set up on location. The liftboat can wait for a weather window an move. The larger liftboats have integrated propulsion and bow thrusters. Liftboat with DP2 capability are becoming more common these days. (9) Classification Society Rules
Classification Society rules are also different for different types of jack ups. Fo example, whilst most of the MODU rules are applicable for Liftboats as well, ther are different rules and guidelines avaialble for liftboats (MOUs for ABS, Liftboats fo Lloyds Register), etc.
n todays market place, there are more than a dozen major active designers for jack units, each having certain design techniques and features that they feel make the units more economical to build, better to operate, or both. The following is a brief listin of these features. Pinion versus pin and hold jacking system Single sided versus opposed rack Fixed versus floating jacking units Electric versus hydraulic jacking power Transparent versus robust leg design Jack support systems (a) Stiffness of Units (b) Leg Locking Devices (c) Torsio balancing devices Guide tolerances and lengths Leg bracing patterns Slo-Rol systems Heave absorption systems With such a complex group of variables and their implications which may be combine o produce so many different possible benefits or problems, it is important understand the purpose and functions of some of these features in both qualitative an quantitative manner, before owners and operators can decide the specification ackups for a specific operation.
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