CAE NAVAL OFFSHORE 2010

Structural Integrity Assessment of Offshore

Equipment at SUBSIN using ANSYS

Cassiano Neves, Melquisedec Santos

Rio de Janeiro, 18/05/2010.
 Introduction

 Engineering Company for the Oil & Gas Sector

 Established: 2008 (2001 – CIETEC)

 High Level Engineering Services:

 FEED, Feasibility Study, Conceptual Design
 Support to detailed design, 3rd part verification
 R&D
 Inspection with Mobile Robots
 Integrity Assurance
 Software Development
 Mission

 Combine engineering analysis and inspection services

using mobile robots with the objective to assure the
structural integrity of equipment.

Integrity Assurance Cycle

 Team

 Technical Staff (12):

 3 DSc + 3 MSc
 Expertise:
• Risers and Pipeline Engineers
• Structural Design Engineers
• Fracture and Fatigue Specialists
• Electronics Engineers
• Technicians
• Inspection Engineers
• Management and Finance Experts
 Offshore Engineering
 Services:
 Hydrodynamics
 Pipeline and Riser Design
 Static and Dynamic Analysis
 Modal/VIV Analysis
 Fatigue Analysis
 ECA (Engineering Critical
Assessment)
 On-bottom Stability
 Free-span Analysis
 Structural Analysis
 Applications:
 SCR and Flexible Risers
 Umbilical
 Drill Pipe Riser &
Completion/Workover Riser
 Pipeline & Flowline
 Subsea Equipment
Installation
 Manifold
 LNG spheres
 Offshore Engineering

 Top tensioned riser analysis:

 Operability
 Fatigue and VIV
 Deployment/Retrieval
 Standards: API RP 16Q; API 17G; ISO13628.
 Softwares:
• Flexcom
• Modes3D
• Shear7
• Crackwise
• Ansys
 Offshore Engineering

 FEM (Finite Element Method)

 Numerical Analysis
 Softwares: Ansys

Steel Tube Umbilical Termination Device

 Offshore Engineering

 FEM (Finite Element Method)

 Numerical Analysis Region 1
Region 3
 Softwares: Ansys Region 2

FEM analysis of the Wellhead Device

 Offshore Engineering

 FEM (Finite Element Method)

 Numerical Analysis
 Softwares: Ansys

FEM analysis of the Reel Shaft End

 Integrity Assurance

 Integrated services

 Structural Integrity Evaluation

 Corrosion and Structural Analysis
 Fatigue and Fracture Analysis
 Failure Evaluation

 Inspection Services
 Visual and Laser Inspection (InspectorSystems)
 Grinding Robot (InspectorSystems)
 Heat Exchange
 Integrity Assurance

 Pipe Crawler for Visual-laser Inspection

TYPE: INNER DIAMETER

Inspector type 1000 75 – 110 mm
Inspector type 2000 95 – 140 mm
Inspector type 3000 130 – 200 mm
Inspector type 4000 180 – 325 mm
Inspector type 5000 310 – 510 mm
Inspector type 6000 440 – 750 mm
 Integrity Assurance

 Pipe Crawler for Visual Inspection

 Inner Diameter: 400mm (minimum)
 Image can be edited online and saved in AVI format
 Integrity Assurance

 Storage tank inspection robot:

 Software in accordance to the API 653 and 650
 Magnetic wheel
 8 ultrasound transducers
 Status (ongoing)
 Integrity Assurance

 Corroded Analysis
 Numerical Analysis
 Softwares: Ansys

Corroded Pipeline
 Integrity Assurance

 Grinding Robot
 Grind critical welds in the zones subject to maximum fatigue
 Visual inspection and MPI tests were conducted
 The roughness of the ground surface was measured
 Increase the fatigue life in 2.5 to 4.0 times
 Integrity Assurance

 Grinding Robot
 Application (Kizomba Field/Angola; Saipem/Exxon Mobil): 240
welds
 R&D

 Offshore engineering:
 Y-Method for subsea equipment installation
 Load-up for subsea equipment installation
 In-situ flexible riser damage
 New configurations for risers (pre-salt)
 TTR monitoring to extend the operational window

 Design, Construct and Operate Mobile Service Robots:

 Flexible and SCR Riser Inspection
 Storage Tank Inspection Robot
 Drill pipe riser inspection – on board
 Barge inspection
 R&D

 Y-Method:
 FINEP Grant (R$1,8MI)
 Model test (USP and LabOceano)
 R&D

 Flexible and SCR Riser Inspection Robot:

 Sensors Platform
 Sensors Fusion Technique
 Inertial Navigation System
 Conclusions

 Subsea engineering company

 Multi-disciplinary

 Asset assurance

 Just in time engineering

 State of art solutions

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