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STRUCTURAL DISCIPLINE
TYPICAL WELLHEAD STRUCTURE
CONTENTS

• Objectives of this presentation

• Range of services - Structural Discipline
• Salient Features
• Structural Engineering Activities
• Platform Analysis and Design
• Higher End Capabilities
• Software Used
• Past Project References
OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION

• We present LTV’s Structural Engineering capabilities, projects

executed and the activities of LTV’s Structural discipline in the
following slides.
RANGE OF SERVICES

• Conceptual / FEED Designs

• Pre-Bid Engineering
• Engineering Surveys
• Detail Engineering for Greenfield and Brownfield Projects
• Procurement Engineering
• Installation Engineering
• Project Management and Consultancy Services
• Review and Verification of Basic/ Detail design (For Lloyds
Registrar, UK)
SALIENT FEATURES

• Wellhead Platforms : 35+

• Process & LQ platforms : 3
• Water depths : 10 to 80 meters
• Pile Depths : up to 120 Meters
• Pile Diameters : 30 to 72 Inch
• Topside Lift Weights : 320 MT to 2000 MT
• Bridges : 35m to 120m
ACTIVITIES

ƒ Platform Analyses and Design

ƒ Drawings / Modelling
9 Two Dimensional
9 Three Dimensional
ƒ Bulk MTO

ƒ Weight Control

• Miscellaneous Design
9 Vortex Shedding
9 Padeye and Trunnion Design
9 Joint Design
9 wave slam
PLATFORM ANALYSES AND DESIGN
Sea Fasteners

Jacket Design – In Service Analysis

ƒ In-place analysis
ƒ Seismic Analysis
ƒ Fatigue Analysis
ƒ Wave Response
PLATFORM ANALYSES AND DESIGN
Sea Fasteners

Jacket Design – Pre Service Analyses

ƒ Loadout Analysis
ƒ Tow Analysis
ƒ Launch Analysis
ƒ Floatation Analysis
ƒ Up-ending Analysis
ƒ Offshore Lift Analysis
ƒ Structural design of Padeyes, Trunnions
ƒ Sea Fasteners
PLATFORM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Deck Design
ƒ In-place Analysis
ƒ Seismic Analysis
ƒ Equipment Skid Design
ƒ Modular Support Frame Design
ƒ Dropped Object Analysis
ƒ Loadout Analysis
ƒ Tow Analysis
ƒ Offshore lift analysis
PLATFORM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
ACTIVITIES

Foundation Design

ƒ Review of Geo-Technical Report &

Data

ƒ Pile Sizing & Optimization

ƒ Pile Driveability Analysis

ƒ On-bottom Stability

ƒ Mudmat Analysis

ƒ Anchor Pile Design including Drilled &

Grouted
HIGHER END CAPABILITIES
ACTIVITIES

ƒ Engineering for North Sea Jacket

9 Dynamic Response Analysis

9 Spectral Fatigue Analysis
9 LRFD Compliance analysis

ƒ Jack-up Rig

9 Punch Through Study

9 Selection Of Jack-up In Different Subsoil
9 Rock Dumping Study for Spudcan Support Stabilization
SOFTWARE
ACTIVITIESUSED

ƒ SACS 5.1 for Offshore Structures Designs

• Precede Pro • PSI
• SACS IV • Dynpac
• Postvue • Dynamic Response
• Seastate • Wave Response
• Joint Can • Launch
• Fatigue Pro • Floatation
• Pile • TOW
• MTO, Combine
ƒ Staad Pro 2004 For Finite Element Modeling, Equipment Skid Designs
ƒ GRL Weap Version 2005 for Pile Driveability Analysis
ƒ AUTOCAD 2006 for Drawings
ƒ PDS
ƒ Inhouse Developed MS Excel Speadsheets & Mathcad Design Sheets
for various stand-alone & followup Designs.
SNAP SHOTS…
PANNA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - A/C BRITISH GAS / CLOUGH OIL & GAS

ƒ The Detail Engineering for the

PH/PJ Wellhead Platforms at
Panna field & the new
Wellhead platform STD at
South Tapti field are currently
going on.
ƒ The platforms PH & PJ will
stand at a water depth of 40.6
m & 52.30 m respectively.
ƒ The STD platform has water
depth of 22.8 m.
N9/N10 WELLHEAD PROJECT - A/C ONGC / L&T

• Project has been completed in

2004.
• The two Wellhead platforms
N9/N10 consist of each 8+1 30”/20”
well slots.
• The Jacket substructures of
N9/N10 complete with skirt piles
stands at a water depth of 70.5 &
66.4m respectively.
• The Topside Lift weight of each
platform is about 812MT.
• For this project the modular Rig
load for the platform design has
been considered.
FATIGUE ANALYSIS

• Deterministic Fatigue for most projects.

• Spectral Fatigue for few projects.
• Natural Period of Jacket from 0.7 to 2.5
seconds.
• SACS Module of FATIGUE-
INTERACTIVE used in addition to
SACS Inplace Modules.
INPLACE ANALYSIS

• Water Depths 10m to 80m.

• Extreme Storm Wave Heights from
10m to 20m.
• Jacket Weights from 600MT to
3200MT.
• SACS Modules, Precede,
Seastate, PSI, SACS IV, Postvue
adopted.
SEISMIC ANALYSIS

• Strength level seismic analysis

conforming to API RP 2A and IS
1893 codes.
• Natural Periods from 1.0 to 2.5
seconds.
• SACS DYNPAC Module adopted
apart from other SACS Modules.
WAVE RESPONSE

• Dynamic Wave Response Analysis carried out in Persian

Gulf Project.
• Natural Periods around 0.7 seconds.
• Wave period around 8.0 seconds.
LOAD OUT ANALYSIS

• Performed for Skid Loadout and Trailer Loadout.

• Jacket Weights up to 1550 MT
• Deck Weights up to 1890 MT
• Bridge Loadout analyses performed.
• Loadout frame conceptual and detailed design developed.
TOW ANALYSIS

• Jacket Weights up to 1550 MT

• Deck Weights up to 1890 MT
• Tow accelerations as per Noble Denton Criteria
• Tow analysis performed to Motion Response Accelerations
• Tow Seastate from 5.5m to 6.0m
• Barge natural period of about 9.0 seconds
• Tow Distances of up to 100 km
LAUNCH FLOATATION ANALYSIS

• Jacket Weights up to 1550 MT launched in 60m water

depths.
• Reserve buoyancy checks carried out for intact and damaged
conditions of jacket legs.
• SACS LAUNCH module adopted.
• Structural Analysis for Launch condition are carried out.
OFFSHORE UPENDING / LIFT ANALYSIS

• Lift analysis for upending jackets up to 1500 MT performed.

• Lift analysis for decks of weights up to 1890 MT performed.
• HEEREMA, SHELL, API guidelines are used.
PADEYES, TRUNNIONS, SEA FASTENERS

• Hand calculations for Upending and Lift Padeyes, Deck Lift Padeyes
prepared.
• Sea Fasteners designed and prepared for most of the Jackets,
Decks.
Tripod Double Hook Two block Upending
Tripod Offshore Lift ; Lift Weight = 1000MT(Static)
Jacket Lifting Trunion
together tomorrow
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