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MEK 4450
Marine Operations
Kvrner ASA / DNV, Fall 2012
Various Types of Platforms
Floating or bottom fixed
Living quarters, storage, drilling, processing etc
Foundation + topside
Installation
Prepare for transport
Load-out, dry tow
Transfer to floating condition, wet tow
Tow to field
Design of towing fleet
Installation
Transfer to installation mode
Positioning (horizontal and vertical)
Hook-up to mooring, set- down on sea floor etc.
Installation of topside
Jacket fabrication
Bilder

Load-out
Bilder

Load-out
Bilder

Transportation
Bilder





Some challenges during launch and upending
Position and size of temporary buoyancy tanks

Maximum forces at rocker beam
Maximum depth during launch
Structural loads due to hydrostatic pressure
Bottom clearance
Floating condition after launch
Access to lifting arrangement
Upending
Structural loads
Crane load
Bottom clearances
Proper upright position
Ballasting of side legs
Jacket installation: crane lift



Jacket installation,- final phases
Jacket in upright position?
Ballast in jacket legs
Transit to set-down point. Several 100 meters
Further ballasting and lowering by crane
Landing
Release crane
On-bottom stability in temporary phase?
Piling


Topside
Bilder av Loadout og floatover
Skidding or trailers

Topside
Float-over
Topside
Bilde av Dry tow-out


GBS
Bilder at GBS utslep og installasjon
Jack- up
Jack-up footings
Tension Leg Platform (TLP)
Platform with buoyant
sub-structure
Vertical strong and stiff
mooring, high pre-tension
Vertical motion arrested
Large horizontal motions

TLP installation
Lowering and piling of foundations
Tendon installation
Tow-out of platform
Hook-up and pre-tensioning
Types of floaters
Installation of mooring system
Tow-out and installation of floater
Tow-out and installation of floater
Tow-out and installation of floater
Mooring hook-up
Mooring hook-up
Skisser