Floatover Installation Method

Basic Floatover Manoeuvre

 Barge Positioning In-between
Jacket Top Structure
Float through Section Floatover
(front view) Section Topsides
Floatover
Support
Frame

Control Tug Barge Control Tug

Jacket
Barge Docking Over Cone Receivers

Head-on View

Elastomer
cell
Stabbing
cone
Air gap at start
(typ. 1.5m)
Cone
receiver

Sand jack
Load Transfer – Barge Ballasting Down

Elastomer
deflection during
load transfer
(typ. 350 mm)
Barge Undocking
Completed Floatover
 Basic Floatover Manoeuvre Displaying
Floatover Barge Anchoring Lines with Tugs
Arrangements
Anchor

Floatover
Barge
Deck
Floatover Barge
Anchoring
Holding Position
Anchor

Pre-installed Jacket
 Stern tug provides
continuous pull aft

Stern moorings adjusted

to maintain barge
alignment with jacket

Floatover Barge
Bow Entry
Bow moorings
adjusted
to guide barge bow
into jacket

Bow enters jacket

Bow tug passes

through jacket then
pulls barge in against
stern tug
 Stern tug
continues
to pull aft

Stern moorings adjusted

to maintain barge
alignment with jacket

Release Bow
Lines

Release bow
Release bow
mooring
mooring

Bow tug continues to

pull barge into jacket
against pull of stern tug
 Stern moorings
partly slackened

Topsides Mating Slack

tow line
Operation

Barge ballasted down to

transfer AMP1 deck
weight onto the jacket
legs

Slack tow line Barge accurately held

in position by stiff
fenders on jacket legs
and barge
 Stern tug
commences
undocking

Stern moorings
adjusted
Undocking to maintain barge
alignment with
Manoeuvre jacket

Bow tug provides

control pull forward
 Stern tug continues to
undock barge

Stern moorings
automatically go
Release Stern slack

Lines

Release bow
tow line
 Release stern Release stern
mooring mooring

Barge is Free and is Towed

Away, Topsides and Jacket
Mating is Complete
Mating System Description
 Mating System Summary
• Automatic barge locating fender system
‒ Rapid barge entry and exit
‒ First-time stab in of leg docking cones
• Elastomeric shock absorbers in deck legs
‒ No dynamic leg to leg contact
• Barge rapid ballast system
‒ Barge ballast system + large external
system
‒ Fully reversible at any time during load
transfer
See following slides for details of
Leg Load Transfer System
• Deck never relies on hydraulics for support
during load transfer
‒ The deck is always supported directly by
passive structural elements
‒ No risk of uneven support loadings
• Barge separation assisted by simple pull-
out block system
 Barge Fender Systems
PLAN OF BARGE

Entry Barge Entry

Guidance Bow Stern
Fenders Direction

Jacket leg

Timber fender blocks

bolted to steel base

Barge

Jacket leg Steel reinforced hardwood Steel support frame

panel down side of barge welded to barge deck
HARDWOOD SWAY FENDER
FOR DOCKING SWAY FENDER SURGE AND SWAY FENDERS
 Fender System
PLAN OF BARGE

Entry Barge Entry

guidance Bow Skid rails Stern
fenders Direction

Jacket leg

Timber fender blocks

bolted to steel base Hydraulic
ram passes
through
skid rail

Barge

Steel support frame

Fender bearing plate Steel reinforced hardwood
welded to barge deck
panel down side of barge

HARDWOOD SWAY FENDER Bearing plate

FOR DOCKING FIXED SURGE FENDER
Jacket leg
MOVEABLE SURGE FENDER
 LEG LOAD TRANSFER SYSTEM
Topsides leg
(moving due to
barge motion) Topsides leg
(stationary after barge removed)
Diaphragm
attached to leg

Sliding piston Elastomer Leg descends

containing on cone receiver
shock absorbing controlled
elastomer Compressed
Leg motion by sand jack
elastomer
Gap between legs
Docking cone after barge removed:
NO LEG CONTACTS
Time
DURING DYNAMIC
PHASE
2.5m gap
between Gap reduced to
100 mm
legs at zero ready for
floatover weldout
Motion attenuated by
docking cone contacts
as leg gap closes
Docking cone
receiver Docking unit welded
Docking cone receiver
to pile after cut-off
lowered by sand jack Sand
Sand jack
Valve
Reinforced diaphragm
Top of Jacket leg supports deck leg load

1. BALLASTING DOWN 2. AFTER LOAD TRANSFER 3. LOWER ON SAND JACKS

(barge docked in Jacket) (barge away from Jacket) (barge away from Jacket)
 Support Block Arrangement

Skid rail

Pull-out Spacer block

Removable Support Block

Skid rail
 Support Block Removal

Topsides Topsides

Seafastening

Seafastening
Support block
Skid rail

Barge
Spacer block keeper plates removed

1. Seafastened after loadout 2. Cut Seafastenings during Load Transfer

Topsides Topsides

Actuator for support Spacer block Support block pulled over

block removal by actuator

Barge Barge

3. Remove Spacer Blocks as separation starts 4. Remove Support Blocks to release barge
Undocking
Topsides/barge ballasted down Control tug takes away barge
and barge ready to depart leaving topsides mated with jacket

Topsides

Supporting frame
Control tug tows barge clear of jacket
Skid rail

Barge ballasted down

 Allowable Sea States For Floatover
180 0
2.0m
150 0 150 0 Platform
North
(True 35o)
1.5m True
North

120 0 1.0m 120 0

Stern

0.5m

Allawable Seastate Hs Allawable Seastate Hs

2.0m 1.5m 1.0m 0.5m 0.5m 1.0m 1.5m 2.0m 0
90 0 90

Boundary of maximum
allowable seastate for
0.5m floatover

Bow
1.0m 60 0
60 0
18 0

1.5m
Example shows allowable
seastate Hs = 2.0 m for waves Angle of wave approach
30 0 30 0
approaching at 18 deg from bow relative to barge bow
2.0m
00
Allawable Seastate Hs
Floatover Operation Schedule

HOURS
0 1 2 3

Bow tug enters jacket

Barge enters jacket 60 min

Ballasting: Close air gap 35 min

Ballasting: Weight Transfer 40 min

Ballasting: Separate barge 10

Undock barge 20 min

Barge free

0 1 2 3

2 hours 45 minutes

Ballast times are based on:

40,000 te/hour Installed pump capacity
30,000 te/hour Firm capacity (allowing for breakdowns and losses)
15% additional time for normal operational delays
Floatover Installation Method

Thank You
Contacts

For further information on our designs and services

please contact:

Singapore Office: Dubai Office:

39, Pandan Road, Jumeirah Lake Towers,
Singapore. 609281 P.O. Box: 643593,
Tel.: +65 91093201 Cluster C, Goldcrest
+65 68539106 Executive Tower Office 706,
Dubai. UAE.
Malaysia Office: Tel.: + 971 4 447 0897
11, Jalan 14/2, Taman Tar, Fax: + 971 4 447 0896
Ampang, Salangor, Kuala Lumpur. Mob.: + 971 567451923
68000 (Main Company Contact)
Tel.: +60 342665601
Mob.: +60 123210824
+60 178810807

Irvine Engineering Pte Ltd - Registered Address:

60 Paya Lebar Road,
#08-43 Paya Lebar Square,
Singapore. 409051 enquiries@irvineeng.com
Tel.: +65 68539106