BW Pioneer, Frste FPSO i US Gulf of Mexico

Utfordringer og lsninger Oslo, 27. mai 2099

FPSO conversions / Inocean recent projects

Knock Allan FPSO
Canadian Natural Resources, Gabon, West Africa 25.000 bopd oil capacity 1.300.000 bbls storage Spread mooring

Aker Smart 1 FPSO

Reliance Industries Ltd. India 1.200.000 bbls storage Turret mooring

Knock Adoon FPSO

Addax Petroleum, Nigeria, West of Africa 60.000 bopd oil capacity 1.700.000 bbls storage Spread mooring

MPF01 FPDSO
Petrobras, Black Sea 3.000m drilling wd 1.000.000 bbls storage DP unit

Knock Nevis FSO

Maersk, Qatar 4.200.000 bbls storage Spread mooring

DeepProducer FPSO DP
FPSOcean 380.000 bbls storage DP unit

BW Offshore / Inocean recent projects

Inocean SOW Documentation deliverables

Reports for class review and approval :
Design basis & design brief etc Ultimate (ULS) and Fatigue (FLS) structural design report Stability book; intact and damage stabililty

General drawings for class review and approval

General arrangements drws LQ incl. haz.area / fire and safety plan

Main structural drawings for class review and approval

Structural Drawings (Midship section etc Topside and supporting structure (process modules, flare tower etc.) Structural categories

Marine P&ID & D&ID system drawings for class review and approval
Ship systems incl ballast & bilge, fire & deluge etc

Contract BWO & PAI (Petrobras America Inc) 3Q 2007 contract signed BWO & PAI First FPSO in GOM on US Side Start Operation January 2010 Vessel shall be able to operate for at least 8 years uninterrupted

Field; Cascade Chinook

BW Pioneer FPSO

LOA LPP BM DM Draft

241m 232 m 42 m 20,4 m 13,9 m

RULES / REGULATIONS

LAW / RULES Outer Continental Shell Lands Act

Petrobras America Inc GTD (General Technical Description / Requirements

USCG Authorities Hull / Structure

MMS Authorities Topside (Hydrocarbon)

Classification Society DNV

Design Basis Vessel Conversion

Tanker Rules FPSO Standard

Global strength: Wave loads based on 20 years return period Local strength: Wave loads based on daily return period North Atlantic environment Simple formulae for wave bending moment (IACS prescriptive formulae)

Global strength: Wave loads based on 100 years return period Local strength: Wave loads based on daily return period Designed for specified geographical area. Direct calculation of wave loads

KEY Challenges for BW Pioneer

ULS (Ultimate Limit State for Hull and Deck Modules & Equipment) FLS (Fatigue Limit State for Hull) ALS (Accidental Limit State for Hull) Marpol Damage Hull

ULS (Ultimate Limit State) for hull

Operational mode connected to STP bouy Vessel shall be able to remain connected to STP buoy for conditions up to and including a 100-year winter storm (Hs = 7.3m) Presence of eddy current means beam seas can not be excluded, i.e. headings ranging from head seas to beam seas

Disconnect case Sail away from impending hurricanes Sailing ship rules for ships may apply (ww or local wave climate?) (headings 0 360 degrees for design loads)

ULS - Green water on deck

Issues: Low freeboard at full draught Non-colinear wind/waves/current Motion & Model test: Revealed green sea to be a concern

Schematic of selected model test run

ULS (cont.)
Possibility of beam seas leads to large transverse and vertical accelerations

Transverse accelerations ULS [m/s2] Location Flare tower Deck module Helideck Head sea 30 3.8 2.4 2.3 Head sea 90 7.6 4.9 5.8

Topside design integrated analysis

Large accelerations (similar magnitude as North Sea) required integrated analysis

Topside design
GTD requirement for z-quality for all structure in laminar tension

FLS Methodology
Trading tanker / consumed fatigue life Inspection of vessel Mapping of historic damages Basis for selection of consumed fatigue assessment methods (Nauticus Hull Fatigue vs Stochastic Fatigue) Historic trade and damage assessed by Nauticus Hull Fatigue Fatigue calculations for typical ballast and full load conditions based on previous sailing history Different operational environments included by scaling of fe-factor (ref DnV 30.7) Period Sailing route
1992 to 1994 1995 - 1996 1997 1999 2000 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2004 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2009 Caribbean US Gulf Far East Australia Caribbean US Gulf Europe and Mediterranean Caribbean US Gulf Europe Caribbean US Gulf Permanently located as FPSO at Walker Ridge location

FLS Methodology Future fatigue damage FPSO

Requirements from client GTD Specified heading profile 25% head seas 50% quartering seas 25% beam seas Normal Requirements Specified heading profile head sea +/- 30 deg

FLS FEM global structure and local SCF

Local SCF model

Full stochastic FLS is time consuming

Finite element modelling 14 local SCF models at side longitudinals 2 of stringer connetions 1 on hopper connection Large amount of data 2.5 Tera Byte with analytical data (2500 Gbyte) 64b Finite Element solver (Sestra ) - custom setup from DnV for Inocean 1 year calculation periode

FLS summary
Conversion projects differ from newbuilding since structure already has demonstrated its actual fatigue performance (trading as tanker) Identification of critical details - with high confidence level Required design fatigue life as FPSO is 16 years included DFF of minimum 2 on all details Details of stiffeners connection to bhd was improved in waterline area Relatively long design life as FPSO, with limited possibilites of repair, necessitate thorough fatigue analysis

ALS Accidental Limit State

Additional concerns that must be designed for (ALS cases) : Sudden hurricanes vessel unable to escape hurricane Loss of heading control or power while escaping hurricane Probability of occurrence to be less than 10-4

MARPOL REGULATIONS / DAMAGE HULL

Side damage Long. Extent: Transv. Extent: Vert. extent:

The smaller of or 14.5 m (Here 12.5 m) The smaller of or 11.5 m (Here 8.40 m) From base line with no limit

MARPOL REGULATIONS / DAMAGE HULL

Raking bottom damage Long. extent: 0.6 L from the FP (Here 138 m) Transv. extent: B/3 anywhere (Here 14 m) Vert. extent: Breach of the outer hull

PAI Requirements

Side shell structure, in supply vessel mooring area, shall be checked to ensure that the hull integrity will not be compromised due to vessel boat operations. The loads to be considered are those imposed by a 5.000 dwt supply vessel