GROUPED SLOR

AN EFFICIENT HYBRID RISER SYSTEM FOR OIL

EXPLORATION
IN ULTRA DEEP-WATERS

BY:
R VEERENDRA BHOOPATHI
M150523CE
OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
CHALLENGES IN DEEP WATER
RISER SYSTEM
• More pull to vessel
• Commissioning and decommissioning
• More vibrations due to wave and current loadings
• Transfer of motion from vessel to riser system

These challenges are well handled by an hybrid riser

system called SLOR(Single Line Offset Riser)

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SLOR (SINGLE LINE OFFSET
RISER)
• It’s a free standing riser
• Away from vessel or
platform
• Contains :
• Buoyancy air can
• Gooseneck connector
• Flexible jumper

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 ADVANTAGE
S OF SLOR
• No load(pull) on
floating vessel from
risers

• Excellent fatigue
performance

• Motion transfer from

vessel to risers is
nullified

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THERE ARE FEW CHALLENGES
LEFT BEHIND

• CLASHING
• HIGH EXCURSION
• SPATIAL CONSTRAINT DUE TO CONGESTED SEA
BED

THESE ARE HANDLED BY DEVELOPED AND WELL

ARRANGED SYSTEM OF SLOR CALLED GROUPED
SLOR
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GROUPED SLOR

• Group of SLORs(2 or
more)
• Attached to guide frame
• Buoyancy tanks on guide
frame
• Guide frame attached to
seabed with suction piles

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 ADVANTAGES OF GROUPED
SLOR

• CLASHING IS ALMOST AVOIDED

• EFFCIENT USAGE OF SPACE ALLOTED
• LESS DISPLACEMENT
• PRE-INSTALLABLE grouped

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 AIR CAN
• Buoyancy can
• To keep the riser straight in position
by providing pretension
• Top is attached to guide frame
• Bottom is attached to standard riser
pipe
• Contains horizontal compartments
facilitating air flooding

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GUIDE FRAME
• Truss frame to connect
system of SLORs
• Contains buoyancy tanks on
it
• It is attached to sea bed by
tethers
• And the tethers are attached
to suction pile foundation

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 • Buoyancy tanks are filled
with nitrogen gas or
synthetic foam
• Receptacles with ultra-
high molecular weight
polyethylene (UHMWPE)
bearing pads

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 DESIGN
• Buoyancy required from Aircan
• Buoyancy in buoyancy tanks on guide frame
• Suction pile foundation

FORCES
 
• Drag and lift forces due to currents

• Self weight of the riser

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 ANALYSIS
• RISER INPLACE ANALYSIS
• CFD
• MODEL TEST

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IN PLACE ANALYSIS

• MAX DISPLACEMENT OF 2% OF WATER DEPTH

UPTO 800m
• AND INCREASES UPTO 6% OF DEPTH OF 2000m
• ROTATION OF FRAME IS UPTO 1.5DEGREE

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CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID
DYNAMICS)

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DRAG COEFFCIENTS FOR 1D
SPACING

VELOCITY OF 0.75m/s

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 MODEL TEST

• MARIN’s TEST
CENTER HOLLAND
• DRAG
EXPERIENCED
LESS THAN 2
• BEST SPACING
NOTICED IS 1 TO 1.5
TIMES DIAMETER

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 INSTALLATION

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SLOR INSTALLATION
• BY SURFACE TOWING

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• J-LAYING AND REEL LAYING

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 MONITORING SYSTEM

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CONCLUSION
• The Grouped SLOR riser system provides a well developed
and attractive riser solution for fields where space is limited,
but high productivity is paramount.
• It offers all the benefits of the freestanding SLOR like pre-
installation advantage before the arrival of vessel, flexibility to
install and remove risers individually, no clashing and
interference issues
• This also provides ease of access for inspection.

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REFERENCES
• Dale N., Karunakaran D. & Hatton S., “The Grouped SLOR – Design &
Implementation”, OMAE2007-29461, California, 2007
• Shreenaath Natarajan and Stephen Hatton, Recent Development in
Freestanding Riser – The Grouped SLOR, 2H Offshore Engineering Sdn
Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Karunakaran D, Hatton S, Dale N, “Grouped SLOR Deep Water Riser
System and Installation Assessment”, DOT 2007
• 2H Offshore Engineering Ltd, “Deepwater Sensitivity Assessment”, Rev
01, Feb 2007

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THANK YOU

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