ADVANCED ENGINEERING FOR HYBRID RISERS

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• Independence
• Independent and impartial engineering, without hardware or installation preference
• Advanced Subsea Engineering
• Unique combination of engineering experience, including design, testing, analytical skills and proprietary software solutions
• Experienced Personnel
• Personnel with worldwide experience, all locations, all water depths
• 25 years in offshore industry
• Resources
• Staff of 150 based in Houston, Galway, Aberdeen, Rio, Perth and Paris
• Worldwide client base and experience

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• Overall concept design and configuration layout
• Steel pipe and flexible sizing
• Selection/specification of material and coating requirements
• Design; Extreme (storm conditions), Motion fatigue, VIV fatigue, Installation, Towing and Interference
• Specifications; Line pipe, Weld test, Flex joints/Stress joints, Strakes/Fairings, Flexibles, Bending Stiffeners
• Advanced Analysis: Pipe-in-pipe Sections (Central tendons, carrier pipes, bundles)
• Evaluation of alternative materials
• Operator project support
• Technology gap/bridges; HP/HT. Materials, Components, Concepts
• Towing and Installation Support Analysis
• Costings, Schedules

• Experience with philosophies of various contractors and operators, e.g. Acergy, BP, Saibos, TOTAL
• Detail Global Design of Rosa Tower
• Extensive Design Support:
  BP (Greater Plutonio)
• Other Experience: TOTAL (Girassol Field Flexible Jumpers) ChevronTexaco (10,000ft Gulf of Mexico, Generic Evaluation) ExxonMobil and Kerr McGee (West Africa Screening), NDP (Voring Plateau, Tow-out/Installation) Conoco (Deepwater Harsh Enviro.)
• Application of advanced finite element model to determine structural capacities of each pipe component in highly constrained multi-line bundle model
• Determination of layout based on advanced dynamic interference assessments of jumpers
• Detailed fatigue evaluation of sloops and spool configuration design to ensure fit for purpose fatigue capacity
• Extensive submerged and surface tow investigations to determine optimized launch and tow configuration