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DESIGN REQUIREMENTS................................................................................. 6
3.1
DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFSHORE INSTALLATION ...............................................6
3.2
DESIGN LIFE....................................................................................................6
3.3
STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY ................................................................................6
3.4
DECK ELEVATIONS (AIR GAP) ..........................................................................6
3.5
DESIGN LOAD CONDITIONS ..............................................................................6
3.6
ABANDONMENT ...............................................................................................6
3.7
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ....................................................................................7
3.8
MARINE GROWTH ............................................................................................7
3.9
SOIL CONDITIONS ............................................................................................7
3.10
MATERIAL ....................................................................................................7
3.11
CORROSION PROTECTION ............................................................................8
3.11.1 Jacket Substructure ............................................................................... 8
3.11.2 Topsides Structures............................................................................... 8
3.12
PLATFORM SUB-STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION ..............................................8
3.13
TOPSIDES CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................8
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Table of Holds
HOLD No.
Description
Section
Environmental Data
3.7
Soil Conditions
3.9
Conductor size
3.12
Riser size
3.12
3.12
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1.1
Scope of Document
This document outlines the structural design philosophy for the offshore installation at the Hewett
gas reservoir and collates all of the design data to be used and the assumptions to be made in
undertaking the design activities.
The offshore installation for this document is assumed to include the following:
Platform foundations;
Platform substructure;
Platform topsides structure.
This document will be reviewed and updated as necessary during the course of the design to reflect
changes necessary to meet E-ON requirements.
1.2
Definitions
COMPANY
CONTRACTOR
WORK
Shall
Should
May
1.3
API
BS
CO2
CP
DTI
ESD
FEED
HAT
HSE
IMO
ISO
LAT
MSL
N/A
NPS
NUI
OD
PFP
SI
SMYS
Abbreviations
American Petroleum Institute
British Standard
Carbon Dioxide
Cathodic Protection
Department of Trade and Industry
Emergency Shut Down
Front End Engineering Design
Highest Astronomical Tide
Health and Safety Executive
International Maritime Organisation
International Standardisation Organisation
Lowest Astronomical Tide
Mean Sea Level
Not Applicable
Nominal Pipe Size
Normally Unattended Installation
Outside Diameter
Passive Fire Protection
System International
Specified Minimum Yield Strength
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1.4
Systme International d'units (SI) units shall be used throughout the FEED design. The following
consistent set of units will be used to describe the offshore installation:
Mass
Force
kilonewton, kN (N x 103)
Length
metre, m
The following constants will be adopted for the offshore infrastructure FEED designs:
Poissons ratio,
0.3;
7.85 te/m3;
1.025 te/m3;
12 x 10-6/C.
1.5
Functional Requirement
The aim of the offshore platform structural design is to produce an efficient and robust structure that
is cost effective and simple to fabricate locally. The structures must provide adequate space and
support for the proposed topside facilities, over the design life, and must accommodate well
operations from an adjacent jack-up rig. The structures must be capable of being installed using
readily available crane barges and offshore marine construction vessels.
The platform will operate as a Normally Unattended Installation (NUI) and will support four injection
wells, an import riser, a J-tube for power and control cables, and topsides injection and support
facilities.
The Base Case structural concept comprises the following:
Four leg welded steel integrated deck stabbed into the top of the jacket.
Note that if fired heaters are selected over electric heaters, then a fuel gas riser or diesel storage
would also be required.
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2.1
General
The following codes and specifications will be used as the primary design codes, except that
parameters and design methods specified in this document will take precedence where they are in
conflict with these codes.
API RP 2A - WSD
ANS.AISC 360-05
DnV RP B401
API Spec 2C
Specification for Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes, 6th Ed, Sep 2004, Ref.
[M14]
AWS D1.1
CAP 437
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DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
3.1
The base-case offshore facility design selected is a new build fixed steel jacket structure supporting
a normally unattended integrated deck topsides and appurtenances; the geographical co-ordinates
of the offshore injection facilities will be confirmed during the FEED 2 study.
3.2
Design Life
It is assumed that the offshore facilities will have a minimum service life of 40 years.
3.3
Structural Efficiency
The structural arrangement and details shall be optimised with regard to minimising the installed
weight and simplifying fabrication whilst maximising robustness and redundancy.
The jacket top plan dimensions will be optimised to suit the topsides layout requirements. Jacket
base dimensions will be selected with due consideration to the foundation design and jack-up access
requirements.
The jacket will be fabricated at a yard, transported to site on a barge and lift-installed using a suitable
and readily available crane barge.
The plan dimensions of the topsides structure and the number of deck levels will be governed by the
layout requirements.
Preliminary deck design assumptions are as follows:
Lift installed in one piece by a heavy lift vessel after installation and piling of jacket;
Stabbed into top of jacket legs / leg piles and welded out.
3.4
The minimum air gap will be 1.5 m based on the extreme crest elevation of the 100 year wave and
the extreme 100 year maximum design water depth. The air gap provision will also be checked to
ensure that the 10,000 year wave does not strike the topsides deck structure. The water depth for
the 10,000 year wave analysis will be taken as MSL.
3.5
For the in-place condition, the platform facilities will be designed to support the functional dead loads
and live loads, the operating and extreme storm environmental loads, including seismic loads, and
credible accidental load conditions, e.g. boat impact and helicopter crash landing loads
In addition the platform structures will be designed to withstand forces associated with the
construction, transportation, installation and decommissioning load conditions.
3.6
Abandonment
In the UK, decommissioning of offshore installations, including pipelines is controlled through the
Petroleum Act 1998, as amended by the Energy Act 2008. Administration of the decommissioning
process is through the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC 2010).
The International Maritime Organisation Guidelines and Standards for the Removal of Offshore
Installations and Structures on the Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone (IMO
1989), set out the minimum global standards to be applied to the removal of offshore installations
and structures. The Guidelines and Standards were designed essentially to ensure the safety of
navigation and are not intended to preclude a coastal state from imposing more stringent removal
requirements.
Kingsnorth CCS Demonstration Project
The information contained in this document (the Information) is provided in good faith.
E.ON UK plc, its subcontractors, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, advisers, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) make no
representation or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the Information and neither E.ON UK plc nor any of its subcontractors,
subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, advisers or DECC shall have any liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss howsoever arising from the use of the
Information by any party.
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Any disused installation or structure, or part thereof, which projects above the surface of the
sea should be adequately maintained.
An unobstructed water column of at least 55 metres must be provided above the remains of
any partially removed installation to ensure safety of navigation.
The position, surveyed depth and dimensions of any installation not entirely removed should
be indicated on nautical charts and any remains, where necessary, properly marked with aids
to navigation.
The person responsible for maintaining any aids to navigation and for monitoring the condition
of any remaining material should be identified.
The liability for meeting any claims for damages which may arise in the future should be clear.
3.7
Environmental Data
Environmental data for the structural design is as presented in the Basis of Design for Studies
document, Ref. [S7] HOLD 1.
3.8
Marine Growth
Marine Growth profiles to be adopted for the design will be in accordance with Ref [S7] HOLD 1.
3.9
Soil Conditions
A site-specific geotechnical survey will be conducted as part of the FEED 2 work. HOLD 2.
3.10 Material
Primary, special primary and secondary steel materials (Grades S275, S355, and S450) shall comply
with BS EN 10225: 2001 - Specification for Weldable Structural Steels for Fixed Offshore Structures,
Ref. [M8].
Tertiary steel (Grades S275, S355) shall comply with the following:
BS EN 10025: 1993 - Specification for Hot Rolled Products of Non-Alloy Structural Steels and
their Technical Delivery Conditions , Ref [M9];
BS EN 10210: Parts 1 and 2 - Specification for Hot-Finished Structural Hollow Sections, Ref.
[M11].
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Jacket Substructure
A preliminary corrosion allowance (i.e. additional steel thickness to compensate for the effect
of metal loss by corrosion on structural members), shall be applied to the jacket substructure
members in the splash and atmospheric zones. Elsewhere on the substructure, corrosion
protection will be provided by cathodic protection suitable for the 40 year target design life.
3.11.2
Topsides Structures
All permanent topsides steelwork shall be protected against corrosion as specified in the
project specification for protective coatings. Hand-railing, stair treads and open grill floor
grating shall be hot dip galvanised. In addition, handrailing shall be painted after galvanizing.
No corrosion allowances shall be applied to the thickness of topsides steel sections. Suitable
isolation shall be provided at interfaces between mild steel and aluminium or stainless steel
to prevent bi-metallic corrosion (for example helideck and wall cladding systems).
Well slots: 4 no (Note that the four well slots are required for injection of the planned initial
volumes of CO2 the Base Case. Up to eight additional well slots would be required to enable
the platform to be used to inject the full Kingsnorth and potential Thames Cluster CCS
volumes in the future. This will be considered as an Optional Case);
Import riser: 36 NPS HOLD 4 The riser will be routed within the jacket framing envelope such
that it is protected from potential ship impacts.;
The substructure will support boat landings and/or barge bumpers, and will be designed to
withstand accidental impact loads from attendant vessels.
Cellar Deck;
Mezzanine Deck;
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Weather Deck;
Emergency Shelter, Tool Store, Control System, UPS Battery and Switch Rooms;
Helideck;
Pedestal Crane.
It is not intended to provide Passive Fire Protection (PFP) to the topsides structure. Thermal
protection to critical members adjacent to the Riser ESDV, as well as the underside of the topsides
structure, may be required to protect them from the cold effects from potential CO2 loss of
containment,
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MANDATORY REFERENCES
4.1
[M2]
[M3]
[M4]
[M5]
Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc.) Regulations 1996.
4.2
Design Codes
[M6]
[M7]
[M8]
[M9]
British Standards Institution, BS EN 10025 1-6: 2004 - Hot Rolled Products of Structural
Steels
[M10]
British Standards Institution, BS4: Part 1: 1993, Structural Steel Sections: Hot-rolled
Sections
[M11]
[M12]
British Standards Institution, BS EN 10056-1: 1999, Specification for Structural Steel Equal
and Unequal Angles.
[M13]
[M14]
API Spec 2C, Specification for Offshore Pedestal Mounted Cranes, 6th ed, Sep 2004
[M15]
[M16]
[M17]
CAP 437 Offshore Helicopter Landing Areas Guidance on Standards. - 5th ed. UK CAA
2005
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SUPPORTING REFERENCES
5.1
Project Documentation
[S1]
[S2]
5.2
General References
[S8]
Clean Coal 2010 Clean coal: an industrial strategy for the development of carbon capture and
storage across the UK (March 2010).
http://www.decc.gov.uk/Media/viewfile.ashx?FilePath=What%20we%20do\UK%20energy%20supply\
Energy%20mix\Carbon%20capture%20and%20storage\1_20100317090007_e_@@_CleanC
oalIndustrialStrategy.pdf&filetype=4
[S9]
DECC 2010 Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Installations and Pipelines under the
Petroleum Act 1998, January 2010.
[S10] IMO 1989. International Maritime Organisation October 1989, (Resolution A.672 (16)).
[S11] OSPAR 98/3 OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations, Sintra,
1998 (http://www.ospar.org/documents/DBASE/DECRECS/Decisions/od98-03e.doc).