DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS MULTIPURPOSE

JACK-UP SPUDCANS
OCTOBER 9TH, 2017
Rutger Baan, Commercial Director

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Company introduction
Spudcan design considerations
Footprint considerations
Bearing pressure
Soil conditions
Hard / Soft soil
Inclined (RPD / Scour)
Multipurpose versus drilling rig
Add-on possibility (permanent / temporary)
OUR VISION
People are searching for natural
resources at sea in support of
growing populations and
increasing standards of living.

To obtain access to these

resources our technology is
needed to work safely at sea,
from benign coastal waters to
extreme and harsh
environments far offshore.
 MISSION
We provide core technology
that enables shipyards to build
safe and highly efficient
mobile offshore units and we
support end-users to make the
best use of these units.

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 HISTORY
IN BRIEF
1862
Start of Gusto Shipyard near Rotterdam

1977
Start of Marine Structure Consultants B.V.

1978
Start of Gusto Engineering

1988
IHC Caland purchase Gusto Engineering
and MSC

2003
Start of GustoMSC alliance

2011
Merger of GustoMSC B.V.

2012
1965 GustoMSC acquired by Parcom Capital,
management & staff
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 Exploration Construction Production

MARKETS

Jack-up
Semi-submersible
Vessel
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 PRODUCTS &
SERVICES
Supply Essential Engineering & Customer
Design House
Equipment Consultancy Service

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 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Associated
Oil & Gas Renewable
Wind Equipment

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 ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
JACKING-SYSTEMS CRANES OTHER
The design, engineering,
Rack & Pinion Fixation purchasing,
Jacking System SmartCrane System manufacturing, supply
and commissioning of
our associated
equipment
Hydraulic Jacking
Heavy Lift Crane Skidding
Training, inspections and
System
System surveys, preventive
maintenance and repairs
Supply of spare parts
Thruster
Continuous
GLC Crane Retrieval
Hydraulic Jacking
System
System

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 ACCOMMODATION &
CONSTRUCTION
SUPPORT
NG & SEA
MULTIPURPOSE JACK-UPS

NG SERIES, SELF PROPELLED

SEA SERIES, NON PROPELLED

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 Self-propelled Autonomous Units for:
NG-SERIES

Support & Maintenance (Oil & Gas)
Accommodation (Oil & Gas)
Decommissioning (Oil & Gas)
Offshore Wind Installation (Renewable)
Oil & Gas Offshore Wind Maintenance (Renewable)
Offshore Wind Civil Construction & others, in the widest sense
Civil Construction

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 PRESENCE IN THE ARABIAN GULF
NG-2500X SERIES - 8 OPERATIONAL IN THE GULF & 16 WORLD WIDE PER 2018

Seajacks Leviathan GMS Evolution

Seajacks Kraken

Vahana Aryan
GMS Enterprise GMS Evolution
Vahana Aryan

GMS Evolution

SEP-650, NPCC

SEP-450, NPCC SEP-550, NPCC

GMS Enterprise SEP-750, NPCC
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 TYPICAL USE OF A MULTIPURPOSE
JACK-UP:
WORKOVER
ACCOMMODATION

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 FOOTING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
A. Mix of hard soils & soft soils
B. Inclined soils
C. Previous footprints
D. Interference with seabed infrastructure
E. Leg retraction
F. Suitable for add-on

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 A. HARD & SOFT SOILS
Hard soils require:
A strong tip for initial leg to seabed contact
An inclined bottom to ensure central bearing below
spudcan

Soft soils:
Require a large area to reduce penetration
Require a small area to ensure retractability
Require a good jetting system (supply water and
remove suction below spudcan)

Hard soil Soft soil

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 B. INCLINED SOIL
Assuming similar spudcan height

Large footings:
Attract large eccentric support loads at small seabed
inclinations due to low bottom plate slope
Resulting leg bending moments cause:
RPD
Problematic spudcan leg chord connection
Locked-in bending moments in elevated condition

Small footings:
No disadvantages

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 C. FOOTPRINTS

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 C. FOOTPRINTS

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 C. FOOTPRINTS

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 D. INTERFERENCE WITH SEABED INFRASTRUCTURE
Considerations:

A large spudcan has a bigger area of potential contact

A small contact will penetrate more and may thus hit deeper placed items

In general: if a large rig has already visited the platform there is a high chance
any other rig can stand at the same location

Buried pipeline

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 E. LEG RETRACTION
Retraction is an uncertain operation, performed at a
critical time, since the hull has entered the water
and exposed to the environment.

Retraction is typically only an issue in soft soil

A large footing will:

Experience high suction
Be relatively shallow and have little soil on top,
however on a large area

A small footing will:

Experience low suction
Penetrate more and may have acquired more soil
resting on top, but on a smaller area
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 F. ADD-ON FOOTINGS

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 F. WHY SPUDCAN EXTENSIONS?
The spudcans are designed during the basic design phase such that they are optimally
suitable for the original design capacity and typical intended area of operation.

Spudcan extensions may be required if:

The original spudcans result in excessive penetration and / or insufficient leg reserve
The original spudcans result in insufficient safety w.r.t. punch-through
The original spudcans are not suitable to be installed on site specific soil conditions (e.g. rock,
soft clay)
The maximum design water depth is to be increased
The maximum design environment is to be increased
Any combination of the above

GustoMSC has designed a number of spudcan extensions for a wide variety of jack-ups.
Each extension is designed to either site specific conditions and/or client specific
requirements.
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 F. SPUDCAN EXTENSIONS
Spudcan extensions can be subdivided in three main types:

1. Permanent (welded) spudcan extensions

2. Temporary (detachable) spudcan extensions
3. Add-on spudcans

Examples of each spudcan extension type are presented on the next pages.

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 F. PERMANENT SPUDCAN EXTENSIONS
Existing
spudcan

Spudcan
extension
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 F. TEMPORARY SPUDCAN EXTENSIONS
Leg

Existing
spudcan

Spudcan
extension

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 F. ADD-ON SPUDCANS
Existing
spudcan

Add-on
spudcan
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CONCLUSION
 GUSTOMSC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
For a multipurpose jack-up the following parameters are driving the spudcan design:

High insensitivity to previous footprints

Easy to retract
Works optimally in both hard and soft soil conditions
Suitable for a spudcan extension or add-on
Can deal with soil inclinations
Interference with seabed

Results in:
Small area spudcan
Strong central tip
High bottom plate angle
Large volume jetting system
Applied to NG-series
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