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Abstract
This paper describes the metocaen data, design and analysis of
the West Seno TLP, the mooring system design for the
Floating Production Unit, and the coupled TLP and the
drilling tender assist vessel.
The paper is divided into the following sections:
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Metocean
Wind design criteria was developed from 16 years of wind
data recorded at the Sepinggan airport, site measurements
carried out by the Institute of Technology Bandung, wind
measurements by the Navy in the Makassar Strait, and wind
and wave measurements from the drilling vessels and fixed
installation.
There were no specific wave measurements, the wave
data were determined from the wind by hindcasting. The
wave growth in each direction was determined by the water
depth, the wind speed, the duration of an event and the
directional spreading. The hindcast modeling was verified by
applying the same procedure to one of the wind and wave
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152.4 meters
38.1 meters
10.1 meters
5.2 meters
28,770 mt
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TLP mooring legs are called TH1 and TH2. Water depth at
the anchors ranges from 1100 meters at leg TH1 to 860 meters
for legs D3 and D4.
The NE DTV mooring legs (D1 and D2) lay across
the NW FPU mooring legs, while TLP leg TH1 lies across the
SW FPU legs and the SCRs. To ensure adequate vertical
clearances between the FPU and DTV mooring lines, each of
the DTV and TLP mooring lines are connected to a surface
buoy from which a horizontal line is extended to the DTV or
TLP winches. To maintain an overall symmetrical mooring
stiffness, the other legs, D3, D4 and TH2 are provided with
the same type surface buoys. The surface buoys also serve to
minimize the mooring winch loads by supporting the
submerged line weight while connected, and serve as the
surface support buoys while the mooring leg is in its preset
condition without the DTV.
Starting from the anchor, each DTV/TLP mooring
leg comprises of a high holding power drag embedded anchor,
64mm diameter studless chain, with length ranging from 550
meters to 760 meters, 64mm diameter intermediate wire rope
with lengths ranging from 1405 meters to 1584 meters, a
surface buoy comprising of a 64mm diameter riser chain,
swivels, triplates, shackles, and a section the surface wire rope
extending to the DTV (or TLP) mooring winches.
Mooring system pretensions were designed to fully
couple the TLP and DTV in the low frequency motions while
minimizing the wave frequency motions. This enables a fully
operational system up to the 10 year return storm condition
with sufficient safety factors and clearances.
Two hawser configurations were considered in the
design; one using two pairs of crossed hawsers and two pairs
of parallel hawsers.
Each hawser consists of a 16
circumference nylon hawser with terminations and chafe
chains. The double hawser system is primarily to provide
additional redundancy in the system.
During drilling rig and equipment transfer to the
TLP, the DTV was moored at about 3 m separation from the
TLP for approximately 36 hours (Figures 10 and 11).
The DTV currently operating in the field is a semi
which is moored at a 20m separation from the TLP (Figure
12). This standoff distance is maintained during the drilling
operations. The DTV may be pulled closer to the TLP for
transfer of equipment between the two vessels.
Mooring System Analyses. The analyses of the DTV and
TLP spread mooring system posed a significant challenge for
the following reasons:
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Natural Periods
% Critical Damping
Without Current
% Critical Damping With
Current
Numerical
Experiment
Numerical
Experiment
Numerical
Experiment
Surge
(sec)
117
120
62
67
100
100
Sway
(sec)
117
125
62
65
90
100
Heave
(sec)
2.53
2.43
2
29
2
20
Roll
(sec)
2.57
2.46
2
52
3
47
Pitch
(sec)
2.47
2.44
2
30
3
43
Yaw
(sec)
116
100
12
41
100
100
Table 2: Comparisons of results for the 100 year return condition with current
Surge
Experiment
Numerical
(m)
Sway
Heave
(m)
(m)
Pitch
Tendon1
Tendon4
(deg)
(KN)
(KN)
38
240
LF std
0.7
0.14
0.04
0.007
28
WF std
0.2
0.01
0.028
156
0.003
22
16
160
243
HF std
Total std
LF std
0.73
0.14
0.05
0.029
0.87
0.06
0.012
80
99
133
229
WF std
0.25
0.04
0.013
0.027
HF std
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.013
Total std
1.04
0.87
0.06
0.033
48
51
163
255
Experiment
Numerical
Table 3: Comparisons of results for the 100 year return condition with no current
Surge
Sway
Heave
Pitch
Tendon1
Tendon4
(m)
(m)
(m)
(deg)
(KN)
(KN)
32
243
LF std
1.39
0.24
0.014
0.005
27
WF std
0.21
0.001
0.011
0.029
161
0.003
20
22
165
247
HF std
0.001
0.001
Total std
1.4
0.24
0.018
0.029
LF std
0.98
0.17
0.008
0.007
18
14
231
WF std
0.21
0.02
0.01
0.028
136
HF std
0.021
0.01
0.01
0.018
35
40
1.01
0.18
0.017
0.034
142
235
Total std
Notes:
LF = Low frequency
WF = Wave frequency
HF = High frequency
Std = Standard deviation
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0.5
1.5
2.5
-100
-200
-300
-400
-500
-600
-700
-800
-900
-1000
speed (kts)
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Current generated
depth
Basins Pit
10
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11
12
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13
14
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Figure 10: Standoff position during rig and e quipment transfer to TLP
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