Rig & platform
A whole range of different structures are used offshore, depending on field size and water depth. In the last few years we have seen a gradual migration from mostly topside installations to increased sea bottom installations. However there is still a high percentage of oil field developments that require topside rigs and structures for either drilling, production, processing and offloading to tankers.
Designing a production and processing floating structure is a very challenging engineering task that encompasses a wide variety of engineering disciplines including buoyancy and mooring studies, skid and modules fixation and structural integrity and safety studies. Mechanical engineers rely on modern computing tools to aid the design process. Finite element analysis (FEA) is the most extended computational tool for stress, vibration and fatigue calculations of offshore structural components.
Structures
Production and processing offshore rig structures, mechanical and thermal-mechanical simulations.
Other areas of oil and gas
Subsea
- S.U.R.F. and manifolds: Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) design and optimisation services using simulation technologies
- Subsea processing: Subsea and downhole separation, reinjection and boosting evaluation services using CFD and FEA
- Drilling & Completion: Offshore exploration, drilling, completion and decommissioning assessment services
Processing
- Oil processing: Offshore oil processing and separation analysis services. Fluid dynamics and mechanical studies
- Gas processing: Gas processing line optimisation using simulation. Gas dehydration and compression optimisation
- Water treatment: Analysis and optimisation of water treatment units on offshore facilities. FEA and CFD modelling services
- Metering: Liquid, gas and multi-phase metering systems optimisation using state of the art technologies
