ADVANCED ENGINEERING FOR UMBILICAL SYSTEMS

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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 selection
• Cross-section design and evaluation
• Steel tube sizing and verification to codes
• Selection/specification of material requirements
• Extreme and Fatigue analysis (time and frequency domain methods)
• VIV analysis (design of VIV suppression devices)
• Installation analysis and procedures
• Interference and Layout Design
• Design of vessel interface (bend stiffener or bellmouth design)
• Analysis of non-linear performance characteristics
• Development of umbilical specifications
• Design of umbilicals in various flexible riser configurations (e.g. lazy wave, steep-S, etc.)

• Unique combination of expertise in steel tube umbilical (STU) technology through combination of global design and analysis of steel risers with the local design and analysis of flexible pipe systems.
• MCS Design Service Experience:
  Red Hawk, Matterhorn, Gunnison Habanero Mad Dog, Holstein, Boomvang, Nansen, Agbami, Akpo, Kizomba, Bonga, Baobab, Greater Plutonio, Moho-Bilondo, Girassol and Rosa
• Enhanced non-linear time domain approach to umbilical fatigue design accounting for stick-slip effects and tubular friction stress has lead to an enabling solution for deepwater high tensioned STUs
• Evaluations of low cycle fatigue utilizations during fabrication ensure fitness for purpose during 25 year in-place condition
• Accurate determination of progressive in-place umbilical seabed walking condition to determine optimised initial design layout
• In depth knowledge of design limitation of each manufacturer based on variations on design capacities and philosophies following extensive facility visits and interviews