The Olympus Tension Leg Platform has been designed for a 45 year service life, consistent with the depletion plan for this offshore Gulf of Mexico Mars field. This is an increased service life when compared with the design basis of previous Shell Gulf of Mexico TLPs. This criterion manifested itself in several design and physical considerations for the project infrastructure which will be discussed. Key elements of infrastructure reviewed include:• TLP Structure • Tendons and Foundations • Top Tensioned Risers • Surface Production Facilities
In 2009, the Vito field was discovered in more than 4,000 ft of water approximately 150 miles offshore from New Orleans, Louisiana. The project produces from reservoirs nearly 30,000 feet below sea level. This paper provides an overview of the Hull & Mooring system, executing a minimum technical scope to produce a simplistic design. This paper is part of a Vito Project series at OTC 2023, and the other papers are listed in the references. The original Vito project execution strategy was to replicate the Shell mega-project of Appomattox. As the industry and market began to change in 2015, the project faced significant financial hurdles, and the project team decided to refresh the design concept to reduce cost and simplify. The team regrouped to propose a smaller semi-submersible Floating Production System (FPS) with a simplistic mooring design. The Topsides was designed to be lifted as a single module, with a payload of less than 10,000 st to enable competitive tendering process. The redesigned FPS concept was moored with 12 taut, chain – polyester – chain mooring line system utilizing an in-line mooring tensioner, removing the traditional mechanically complicated and space demanding "on-vessel" winch systems. Vito employed a passive hull system, with all ballasting occurring over the top without hull penetrations. There were no pump rooms within the hull as equipment is accessed from top of column, removing the need for regular hull access to maintain equipment. The hull compartmentation also followed a simple approach, containing only 12 ballast tanks to reduce fabrication cost. The hull design also included simplified ring stiffening for columns which eliminated the traditional orthogonally stiffened systems. Additionally, the structure utilized an upper column frame structure to support the topsides deck and served as a bracing for supporting columns at the top for squeeze-pry loads and bracing for supporting columns during dry tow. The simplification of the stiffening system and topsides deck support design reduced interfaces between hull and topsides and also opened up options for fabrication of topsides and hull. Key challenges included developing installation methods without traditional FPS mooring chain jacks and increasing installation options by not requiring a large installation derrick barge and enabling use of common anchor handler vessels. The project experienced fabrication delays due to COVID-19, which required creative solutions transporting the FPS from Singapore to the Gulf of Mexico. The design team enabled the use of various heavy transportation vessels (HTV), ultimately settling on a smaller HTV modified with four 25 ft outriggers.
This paper provides an overview of the unique approach taken by a multi-discipline team consisting of Washington State Ferries (WSF) personnel, structural and geotechnical engineers, and economists to perform a risk assessment of a portion of WSF's aging timber trestle inventory. The intent of the assessment was to establish the cost-effectiveness of trestle replacement compared to refurbishment by quantifying risk for a range of seismic events and incorporating that risk into WSF's Asset Management Model. Failure scenarios developed using site-specific characteristics such as trestle condition and site seismicity were coupled with life cycle cost modeling techniques to assess the risks associated with doing nothing, refurbishing the existing trestles, or completely replacing the trestles at seven ferry terminals.This paper describes the approach developed to create an economic model and evaluate the efficacy of trestle upgrade and replacement options. A case study of the trestle at the Vashon Island terminal is included to demonstrate direct implementation of the approach and the results obtained.
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